PARTNER 1

Happy birthday to my partner, emergency contact and primary witness to the gradual collapse of my personal standards. You’ve seen me dressed properly, looking impressive and behaving like a responsible adult. Admittedly, none of those things has happened recently. Together we’ve transformed romance into discussions about shopping lists, household jobs and whose turn it is to investigate the strange noise. You know when I need encouragement, when I need feeding and when it would be safest to leave me alone with a cup of tea. Life with you is chaotic, comfortable and occasionally interrupted by arguments neither of us understands. Still, you’re the person I want beside me through all of it—even when you’re clearly wrong. Love you, my favourite pain in the arse x