This isn__ how things were supposed to happen. I was supposed to be me. Not this.
Before I had kids, I was one of those people who insisted my future children wouldn__ need the crutches of ketchup, butter and ranch dressing to eat their food. Then I had kids. Then I became one of those people whose children ate nothing. Then I became one of those people who gave their kids ketchup, butter and ranch dressing with their food. And they ate it.
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Before I had kids, I was one of those people who insisted my future children wouldn__ need the crutches of ketchup, butter and ranch dressing to eat their food. Then I had kids. Then I became one of those people whose children ate nothing. Then I became one of those people who gave their kids ketchup, butter and ranch dressing with their food. And they ate it.
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