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Meeting was easy. It turned out we lived just five blocks from each other so we were able to meet close by.

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First sexual experiences can be rites of passage for many people and that’s OK, but couching that experience in language that somehow construes an individual as a lesser person is nonsense.

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I squeezed this unknown vessel with question and uncertainty. It was definitely not sexy.

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Adorable smile and I spent the rest of the weekend together doing fun things in the city while we still could. We parted ways the morning he left to go back to California. He gave me a bear hug in the hotel lobby, and I gave him his flannel. I left the city feeling better than I did upon arrival.

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The first guy I ever slept with was…not the right person and is best forgotten. Let’s.

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But now, I am a coffee drinker. Now I can. I can join the cool kids at trendy coffeehouses. I can start listening to Elliott Smith and Ingrid Michaelson. Perhaps date a graphic designer. The possibilities excite me. ?