comparison - by Elaine - manners & mystery
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accepting who i am and who i'm not
comparison accepting who i am and who i'm not Elaine Nov 09, 2022 16 2 Share Giovanni Boldini, Model and mannequin , 1873 For most of my life, I aspired to be more like other people. So I stretched myself like Play-Doh to fit their particular molds. I’m not someone who likes to go out and party hard. There was a brief period in college and shortly after when I enjoyed that kind of lifestyle, but now I would much rather hit a chill bar and go home at a reasonable hour than stay out late. Sleep has become more precious to me, and I prefer intimate conversations to dancing with a hundred sweaty p
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