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Looking for succour

'And I'm back at work, where it's quieter than home is likely to be for a while', says the author

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Kishore Singh
When things overwhelm her, my wife seeks refuge in (a) re-arranging her cupboard (this can take a week, by which time she needs some other form of escape from our nagging to “please just put everything back”); (b) goes on a laundry binge, washing already washed clothes; (c) ignores the chaos around her to pick up the phone and gossip with friends (she can talk as long as the phone battery lasts); and/or (d) get into a car and arrive unannounced at some friend’s house, re-surfacing only when she is forced to come back. When things overwhelm her, my daughter
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