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EP.190 - IAN McEWAN

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

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The Death of a Same-Sex Parent

When your same-sex parent dies, you feel that the ground between you and the grave is suddenly, there's no one standing in the way. You expect your parents to die, because the only alternative is you predisize them. But still, it's a moment of extraordinary ambivalence - when the path is clear to your own grave, there's a bit of elation in there too. Like, suddenly you're orphaned, but you're orphaning at the age of 40 or 50, or whatever it is. And you're a little more in control of your own fate, even though there's all the sorrow of a lost friend, parent, and whatever.

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