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I decided I was in love with you because you told me it was okay that I struck out every time in baseball, and because you didn't pick me last when you were team captain. But why was that all it took for me to declare my love for a boy?
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Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018 at 5:55 PM UTC
Derek, age 10
I decided I was in love with you because you told me it was okay that I struck out every time in baseball, and because you didn't pick me last when you were team captain. But why was that all it took for me to declare my love for a boy?
It's interesting how you sometimes have one or two especially vivid memories of characters from your childhood, isn't it?
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Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018 at 5:55 PM UTC
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