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subscribe. Hello my lovely betwixters. It's me, Kate Lister. I am me, you are you and thankfully

you are listening to Betwix the sheets. But before you can keep listening, I do have to tell you.

This is an adult podcast. Welcome by adults to other adults about adulty things in an adulty way covering a range of adult subjects and you should be an adult

too. And if that doesn't make you feel safer and snugglier and far less triggered, I don't

know what will quite frankly. Right, on with the show.

They named thee before me, a knell to mine ear, a shudder comes o'er me, why wert thou so dear?

They know not I knew thee. Who knew thee too well? Long, long shall I rue thee, too deeply to tell.

In secret we met, in silence I grieve, that thy heart could forget thy spirit deceive.

If I should meet thee after long years, how should I greet thee with silence and tears?

Huh, well that was Lord Byron, the man himself, the famous romantic rogue, the heartbreaking chaos goblin who is

always falling in and out of love and then bitching about it.

This is a man who certainly has a reputation and his own word in the dictionary to describe

his moody sex appeal, Byronic. But is it fair to call him

a fuckboy?

What do you look for in a man? Oh money, of course. You're supposed to rise when an adult

speaks to you. I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs by just turning it up and pushing the button.

Yes, social courtesy does make a difference.

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