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> When your dependents have sucked all the life out of you, you can kick the bucket:)

Don't laugh, there's a reason for it. Read the book "The Red Queen" which explains all this.

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Is this the teen novel or something else? Curios how a teen novel could address these issues?
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Rather sounds like they’ve given them their life back.
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Am not sure what your statement means? :) who is "them" and who is "their" in this?
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I read it as “them” and “their” is the OP and “they’ve” are OP’s children.
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Exactly, good for them
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