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lunatica

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13. Yeah, I realized I was one of those people

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #12)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 01:40 PM

Nov 2020

who would never do well in a marriage. I lasted 15 years but I felt like I was dying from the inside out. It was my problem, and is nothing I would expect anyone else to have. It was just me. I’m just happy I discovered it about myself with plenty of time to thrive on my own.

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Damn, Native American Freshwoman Xochitl Torres Small went down in NM-2 [View all] Celerity Nov 2020 OP

This was always going to be tough to win. RandySF Nov 2020 #1

Good in a snarky sense carpetbagger Nov 2020 #2

What is a Freshwoman? left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #3

1st term female. Are you one of those people who insist on calling us women by male gendered Celerity Nov 2020 #4

Please don't attack me for asking the question left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #5

I never have either lunatica Nov 2020 #6

I think the correct term would be 'first term representative' left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #7

Freshman is the usual. Established gender neutral by use and custom. Hortensis Nov 2020 #8

It's a widely used term lunatica Nov 2020 #9

Me neither. Congrats on your next stage of life. :) Hortensis Nov 2020 #10

So far it's turning out to be my best decade! lunatica Nov 2020 #11

Love to hear it! Won't tell my husband of 50 years, but Hortensis Nov 2020 #12

Yeah, I realized I was one of those people lunatica Nov 2020 #13

You bet, and thank goodness. We once had a very sweet Hortensis Nov 2020 #14