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It’ll take time but you’ll be okay. You will survive.

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You deserve to feel whole again. You are not worthless. You are not empty.

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A love story. Sort of.

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This morning, while I’m still horizontal, there’s cause for a double-take: an email whose subject line bears the name of my ex-boyfriend, “Q.”

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I guess the lesson is that women like men who do what they’re supposed to do.

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I guess what I’m saying is that you shouldn’t have to depend on someone—a romantic partner in particular— to find your way through life. 

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She would absolutely quiver about having her eyes licked. I didn’t know that oculolinctus was a thing until I dated her.

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How someone kisses and touches you is probably how they want you to touch them. Someone nibble your ear? They almost certainly want you to nibble theirs!

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I don’t want a superficial love story where two people fall in love by the idea of each other.

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Letting you go seemed impossible, but your absence made me a better person.