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That was the summer of possibilities.

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Don’t go on OKCupid and search for a boy like you’re shopping for shoes. Don’t pick one that’s just above six feet tall with a cute face and a journalism degree. Don’t send him a cute two-line message asking an inane question whose true purpose is to lure him into asking you out all on his own.

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I’m sick of trying to do the logical thing when it comes to love. Watching us round the same track, calculating chances that this whole thing will blow up in our faces.

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For now, I want to escape and inhale those feverish summer afternoons with you. We are not bound to each other; we don’t need anything from each other, and that’s the beauty of summer.

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This song is a good reminder that falling in love is a little bit like playing chicken in your dad’s sports car: the first one to flinch may be the weaker party… but if neither of you make a move, then you’re both screwed.

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The thing about summer romance is that the kisses are always better.

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He imprinted himself onto my mind, becoming an indelible part of my understanding of men. Because of him, I determined that men were always to be distant, preoccupied with their own arcane desires and unquenchable sense of adventure.

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I’ve seen many a decent man fall victim to the screen capture function of a smartphone due to his lack of thirst control. Heartless women have posted conversations for the world to see where the unsuspecting victim was showering her with praise, with her replying nothing more than the dreaded, one-syllable “K.”