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just watched superbad last night but it was actually pretty good

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My family moved around a lot when I was a kid. Even before I was born, my mom and brother stayed with my uncle in Canada for 5 months so I could be born as a citizen. We all flew to Dubai just 2 weeks after I was born, which is where my dad was working at the time. Dubai to Toronto, Toronto to Dubai, Dubai to Houston, Houston back to Toronto, finally in the same city for the next 14 years. After changing schools 5 times, apartments 6 times and countries 3 times all before 4th grade, hearing that somehow people have childhood best friends breaks my brain. When I first moved schools, I cried everyday for the first week. When I moved schools again, I only cried for the first 3 days. Next time, just 2. When I came back to Canada, I didn’t cry at all. It all felt familiar, like the change was over and I could finally get comfortable, especially because I was going to the same school I went to before we moved. But we were committing address fraud to let me go to that good school, got serious

just watched superbad last night but it was actually pretty good What belonging feels like Aadil Sep 17, 2024 32 14 Share My family moved around a lot when I was a kid. Even before I was born, my mom and brother stayed with my uncle in Canada for 5 months so I could be born as a citizen. We all flew to Dubai just 2 weeks after I was born, which is where my dad was working at the time. Dubai to Toronto, Toronto to Dubai, Dubai to Houston, Houston back to Toronto, finally in the same city for the next 14 years. After changing schools 5 times, apartments 6 times and countries 3 times all before 4

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