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Choices Have Consequences or How to Embarrass Your Teenagers by Damhnait Monaghan

  1. Pick them up early from the party. (‘Everyone else is staying until midnight. You’re so embarrassing.’)
  2. Pick them up late from the party. (‘Everyone else is already gone. You’re so embarrassing.’)
  3. Make an effort with your appearance. (‘Why are you wearing lipstick? Ugh.’)
  4. Don’t make an effort with your appearance. (‘Why are you wearing sweatpants? Ugh.’)
  5. Be affectionate. (‘Don’t touch me.’)
  6. Don’t be affectionate. (‘Don’t I get a hug?’)
  7. Take an interest in their activities. (‘Scrape out.’)
  8. Don’t take an interest in their activities. (‘You don’t even care what I do.’)
  9. Love your partner. (‘Oh my God, get a room.’)
  10. Don’t love your partner. (‘Why are you even with him?’)
  11. Exist…
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Damhnait Monaghan is an award-winning writer with numerous publication credits. Her novella-in-flash, ‘The Neverlands,’ won Best Novella in the 2020 Saboteur Awards.  Her debut novel, ‘New Girl in Little Cove’ (HarperCollins), described as “charming” and “a warm hug of a book”, is out now.
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