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Free Write: I Feel So Guilty Talking About Him

Free Write Thursday June 25th, 2026

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Jun 25, 2026
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I feel terrible saying these things about him, he’d hate it, but he’s not here and I am. And I’m not even talking about him and his name and birthdate and blood type and eye color. He’s an avatar, I had one of those husband things, and there’s what it was like, and that’s what I want to talk about as a woman. Who was married. To a man. Because she thought if she didn’t get married that she would not be taken seriously in the world.

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