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355 I’m 37 and my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said I didn’t need anything, and then I sat in the car for twenty minutes afterward trying to figure out when wanting something became the same word in my head as being a problem

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Lachlan Brown @ Silicon Canals · 05/09/2026 02:01 EDT

I’m 37 and my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said I didn’t need anything, and then I sat in the car for twenty minutes afterward trying to figure out when wanting something became the same word in my head as being a problem

A reflection on how a simple birthday question exposed the quiet equation between wanting and being a burden — and what it takes to start unl

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