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Are you, too, occasionally struck by the words “Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald” in the middle of your day? Does the word “Martimmy” mean nothing to you?

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She’s never lied to me about orgasms, she said, although at times I almost drove her to do so. It occurred to me that maybe Simon sort of led his old girlfriend to fake her orgasms.

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“You’re still watching Gossip Girl?” one girl asked as though I’d just told everyone I was on a strict cat food diet.

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For as long as I’ve known them, my parents have slept in separate rooms. The master bedroom became just Mom’s bedroom, while Dad curled up on the living room couch.