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Low life

Watching the Persid meteor shower with Professor Brian Cox – lucky me!

‘How many lovers have you had?’ asked my lover. How do you answer that?

22 August 2015

9:00 AM

22 August 2015

9:00 AM

‘How many people have you slept with in your life, roughly?’ she asked. We were lying in bed in the morning. ‘You go first,’ I said, needing time to think of the right answer. She looked at the ceiling and thought long and hard. ‘About 50,’ she said finally. I asked her about the worst experience.

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