I simply opt out of physical association with people outside of my family, because stories like this terrify me more than words can say, I would have killed that person stone dead, I would have been on the news

When I was in my early 20s I was precariously housed - in & out of various sublets, squats etc - so I regularly was that person who needed to be taken in by a friend of a friend. Which means that now I’m in the position where I can help people, I’ll always want to do for someone else what other