For The Kids, I Stayed

- He Said

oesn't feel right. It feels like a bad decision. It feels like I'm hurting my

some couples do it, but for me, I feel empty. I feel like I've given up too much, once again, to do this marriage thing. I don't want to say I'

these questions. I consider myself a woman who wants to live and experience the most beautiful parts of love and life.

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must say, those were the best years of my life. I had amazing teachers, the best classmates, and I lived a dream.

h romance. But it never seemed to click with any of the men I dated or even came across. I must admit, I was extremely naïve. I had my first kiss at the age of

ortest senior. Two days later, I ended it and moved on to crushing on his friend. We dated for a few days, but he avoided me based on what the two-day senior told him. So, I kne

nior. That was the beginning of my holiday romance. Through texting, I fell in love with h

ged, but secretly envied. In some way, dating him made me feel special and seen

e time. When I eventually found out, I was already in too deep. I told hi

kept in touch, but I noticed his attention and chatty nature began to f

ed when an old classma

ou and Hendry

"Yes,

Conthia again, and their relationsh

airtime. I called Hendry something I rarely did since we always just chatted. He la

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ng a younger guy who broke me even after I lowered my standards for him. I realized I love deeply and

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e a ne

ing the holidays. Nothing happened. On our way back, while walking to the road to

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by lying to my parents. Angie was my voice of reason. She helped me out of bad decisions. But I was the pretty one, with the ass guys wanted-so they'd go through Angie to get to

at her house. This was the first time I was doing something like this

g. Young, handsome, from the UK, and studying law. He picked us up, said nothing, and rushed off to coordinate the eve

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d that

been looking

elt like we were lost in the moment. Everyone was watching, but we didn't care. We we

sex.

had already been chatting, I was alr

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