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If you know there’s something we’re super sensitive about, don’t push the envelope.

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Between kisses, he handed me a birthday card with a poem that began I wondered what kind of present I could give / To somebody interesting like you and ended with I’ll start with a hug then I’ll throw you on the rug / And we can finish your present on the floor. Well, actually in his waterbed.

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Having low self-esteem is not a mood, it’s a deep-rooted perception that came from her painful past. Try your best to comprehend where she is coming from.