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humor The Daily Mash 2026-04-17

How to Ignore a Partner Who is Excessively Happy Before 10 AM

Tips for the truly jaded: embrace the role of the opossum and keep the conversation minimal. Basically, plan your life around being aggressively antisocial.


INSTEAD of being dragged from slumber with a grudge against the world, does your partner leap peppily and unbearably from the bed? Hereโ€™s how to handle it. <p><strong>INSTEAD of being dragged from slumber with a grudge against the world, does your partner leap peppily and unbearably from the bed? Hereโ€™s how to handle it:ย </strong></p> <p><strong>Leave the f**ker to it</strong></p> <p>Remain undisturbed. Allow the upbeat, popping-candy monstrosity humming cheerfully and monologuing about what a l...

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