I take exception to the idea of a woman being damaged goods because she's been with a bad man. I've been there. And I've known women who are more of a mess that haven't been through a fifth of what I've been through.
It always comes down to personality. If you believe you are damaged goods, then you were prob. damaged goods to begin with. Not the literal you - speaking figuratively.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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