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Tim Dowling: it’s my wife’s birthday. So why are we at the pub quiz?
My wife is enjoying herself but I am distraught. I’m not usually competitive, but quizzes do something to me
It is my wife’s birthday and I have found the perfect present for her, by clicking on the link she emailed me two weeks ago. The boys have found a similarly perfect gift by clicking on a different link. But when it comes to plans for the day, my wife is being uncharacteristically evasive.
“I can’t decide,” she says.
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