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Workhorse / Trivial Pursuit

Workhorse I am a mother and wife with two grown children. I am also an educator. From the age of nine my life has been taking care of other people. My mother got sick when I was nine and from that time I took care of my mom, dad, sister, little brother and the house [...]


Mr. Rogers / Counting The Days

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Mr. Rogers I have a crush on a woman. I’m 27 and she is 23. I met her at a party and discovered by chance we are neighbors. Turns out I bought a house four houses away from her parents, and she moved back in with them after college. I knew she had a boyfriend, [...]


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Narcissa

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I was young and came from a strict family who didn’t allow boyfriends before marriage. My family found out I was seeing someone only after they discovered I was five months pregnant. I moved out, had my daughter, got married and bought a house. My husband is a good person. He works hard for us. [...]


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Tinsel Town

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I have a marriage that is 20 years old and a daughter, 12. I love my daughter and do not want to leave her. I do not love my wife and want to leave her. My wife and I have been on the skids for 10 years or more. There is no tenderness, friendship or [...]


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Tortured Excuses

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Over the course of my marriage, I’ve dealt with my wife’s weak to nonexistent boundaries. Six months ago, after a lie, I found out her relationship with her best friend put her in another boundary-testing environment. Every year for the last seven she and her friend, along with five other married women, went on a [...]


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