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The Perils of Adulthood
By Ashley Smith | 9 Nov 2011 
By: Saraid Cameron
I’ve recently realised that I will one day be “old”. Oh yes, one day I too will be an age where people look at me and think either a). “Jesus Christ why is she dressed in her daughter’s clothes?” or perhaps b). “Damn she might have grey hair but I’d still hit that”.
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