Fairy Tales For 20-Somethings: The Ugly Duckling Sits At A Bar
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The Ugly Duckling was at the bar, reading at a table in the corner. She didn’t come to bars to meet men, she didn’t concern herself with her love life. She was interested in more important things: Art, the human condition, the fight to end poverty.
Then the guy she’d been eyeing all night left with this girl who was wearing some weird floral jeans or something. It’s always the manic pixie girl that gets the guy, she thought, Fuck you, manic pixie girl! 
This post originally appeared at FAIRY TALES FOR TWENTYSOMETHINGS.
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