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My first boyfriend taught me to tie a tie.

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Jill Krause
Apr 13, 2023
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Hey you, paid subscriber! Thanks for being patient with me. Sorry I’ve not had a new dating story up in a while. I’m certainly not out of material, but I have something a bit different for you tonight.

I picked up a journal to bring with me to Lowell’s baseball practice, just trying to keep my mind engaged and out of a doom spiral. I like to write lines, like the kind we had to do as punishment as kids, you know? The same sentence, over and over.

But, instead of writing “I will not call my sister a buttface,” I write things like, “I can. I have. I will,” and “I am worthy of my wildest dreams.”

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