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description: "What is the greatest sorrow of a middle-aged man?1. Finding a lowly, demeaning job;2. Marrying a quarrelsome and unreasonable shrew;3. Having a useless, blood-sucking child;4. Carrying a 30-year loan costing tens of thousands each month;5. Taking care of four, six, or eight elderly parents until their final days.Salute to the great middle-aged men. I can't do any of these things anyway."
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# What is the greatest sorrow of a middle-aged man?1…