Young parents tend to take things out on children a good deal more, FWIW.
I used to have a test for whether I was ill or just lazy. I'd think about how the Duke of Cumberland was murderously attacked by his deranged valet* with a straight razor, and the Duke was horribly cut up stopping him, and then people said the Duke had tried to kill his valet but it was all covered up. And if tears came to my eyes, I was ill.
An odd proceeding, but it worked.
* There were lots and lots of excellent reasons to attack the Duke, at least politically. He was a very nasty git. But the valet was unhinged.
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I used to have a test for whether I was ill or just lazy. I'd think about how the Duke of Cumberland was murderously attacked by his deranged valet* with a straight razor, and the Duke was horribly cut up stopping him, and then people said the Duke had tried to kill his valet but it was all covered up. And if tears came to my eyes, I was ill.
An odd proceeding, but it worked.
* There were lots and lots of excellent reasons to attack the Duke, at least politically. He was a very nasty git. But the valet was unhinged.