BBCNEWS HARDtalk February 1, 2022 00:37:00
But i think that one aspect of my personality is that i am ferociously independent. i think that comes from seeing my mother being so dependent and so vulnerable. when her husband abandoned her, she had no resources of her own, so she had to go back to her parents๏ฟฝ* house. i have never trusted that a man will support me or protect me, or do anything much for me! so, in a way, that has been good for me. it has given me a lot of independence. oh, so you say there, then, that you wanted to escape...
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