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My Family Kept My Dad's Secret For Years. I Wasn't Prepared For What Telling The Truth Would Mean.

"I understood that not talking about the pain I was feeling would protect them. So we all learned to pretend."
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I Was A Happily Married Mother Of 4. Then I Met A Woman At Pilates.

"'I can’t explain it,' I told my husband. 'But it’s all-consuming. I go to bed thinking about her. I wake up thinking about her.'"
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I Was Shattered When My Husband Left Me. Then I Saw A Post On Facebook That Changed Everything.

"Almost three decades spent with someone is not easy to shake off in a little over a year — or maybe ever."
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I Was Raised In Purity Culture. Then I Began Wearing A Secret Purchase Under My Clothes.

"Like so many who were raised in conservative Christianity, the sex education I received was light on 'education' and heavy on shame."
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I Need A New Kidney. My Daughter Wants To Give Me Hers — But How Can I Accept It?

"Over the years, I’ve stressed the importance of kindness. Maybe she’s taken that lesson too far."
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I Spent 16 Months Of My Childhood Locked In A Warehouse. Here's How I Got My Revenge.

The ACLU called it “a concentration camp for throwaway teens.”
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I Was Trapped In A Soul-Crushing Corporate Job For 1 Reason That Keeps Too Many Others Stuck

"My story is a testament to the trap that many of us find ourselves in."
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I Paid Someone $15,000 To Help Me Find The Right Man. I Was Shocked By What She Taught Me.

"After failing for so long, I was tempted to call off the search."
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At 62, I Hadn't Been On A Date In Decades. Here's What Happened When I Tried The Apps.

"I hope every woman over 60 looking for love gets a kiss that makes her weak in the knees."
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My 15-Year-Old Daughter Died. I Recently Found A Box Of Hers — And What Was Inside Left Me Shaken.

"I wanted to share something about Ana that only a few of us still remember. Ana was here. She was amazing. She invented entire worlds."
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