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My dating history has gotten so ridiculous it looks like I’ve been collecting professions like Pokémon. I’ve dated a firefighter, a deacon, an NFL player, a police officer, a soldier, a doctor, a lawyer, a truck driver, a tow‑truck driver, a barista, a finance bro, and a semi‑pro (unvalidated) bowler. At this point, I could…
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For most of my life, I’ve lived in a body that doesn’t always cooperate. Chronic illness and chronic pain have been my baseline for so long that I learned to minimize it. I told myself the same things doctors, friends, and even my own inner critic echoed: It’s not that bad. Other people have it…
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Welcome.I’ve been thinking about how to start this for a while, and it turns out the beginning wasn’t a grand moment at all. It was DC traffic. I was riding home, stuck on 395, as one does, surrounded by brake lights, concrete, and the quiet collective sigh of Washington, DC commuters just trying to get…