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Help I think I'm trying to dress like my teenager
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Help I think I'm trying to dress like my teenager

In a fight to the bumcrack, who will win?

Oct 15, 2024
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The heaven of trying on your teenage daughter's new jeans and finding out they fit you just right. The hell of finding out this is because she ordered a pair large enough to dangle from her buttocks, allowing daylight into a place I reserve for darkness. The mid-range, semi-detached feeling of handing her a fiver to go straight to the charity shops and buy herself a belt.

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