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I actually have kept most of the notes, pictures, etc from my only two serious relationships.
The first one was a total storybook "16, blah blah blah, innocent, yada yada yada" kinda thing (okay, it wasn't, but I chose to live in denial). Keeping that stuff has reminded me of my "first love".
The other relationship was a HUGE part of my life for a long time, so I've kept a lot of that stuff. Plus, it was pretty recent.
The way I see it, those are the true momentos of highschool. And I'd like to look back on the relationships based on those love letters and smiling pictures instead of the "great guy from the pretzel store" that my recent ex ran off with or "hey, remember when I was secretly entertaining prospective boyfriends at hush-hush pool parties while we dated?" Actually they weren't so secretive...seems I was the only one that didn't know.
Just makes it easier to glaze over the pain...one of my specialties.
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it's all about self-indulgence
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