A drooping white stork-shaped balloon sits on a small chair with long orange legs against a pale pink background.

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Miranda

Look, we're both afraid we're going to kill the baby, that's a given. But we made an agreement this week: Monday to Friday, I try not to kill him, Saturday and Sunday, you try not to kill him.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Two anxious new parents share the same fear of harming their baby, and the speaker turns it into a darkly funny weekly rota. Each takes a share of days to try hardest, making dread manageable through absurd bureaucratic fairness and a bit of gallows humor.

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