Wait, I’m not unhappy.

Nice job painting the lifestyle. And I liked how it ended.
LoA

The cookie is a lie.
Nobody lives like this, even in the most prototypical suburb of them all (that I happened to grow up in).
The successful live in a world apart from the real suburbs.
Nobody gets pensions anymore.
Anyone making seven figures doesn’t need a pension… and is probably an executive who changes posts every few years to stay ahead of the fraud that earned their salary.
Suburbia is mediocre, and thus the paragon of democracy.
Suburbia is full of people who wish for the above life.

Actually, the cake is a lie.
Great satire in this piece. I’m going to read the sequel now…

this reminds me of the movie the stepfordwives. I like your illustration of life in the suburbs. All perfect and polished. Too bad the person isnt happy.

“You are a cookie cutter from suburbia”
Loved this line!

Kind of seemed too good to be true. Oh, how we delight in the downfall of the lofty.
LoA