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We teach here at the art of charm. All right, let's cut right to it dev is 22

He's an officer candidate in the Navy. He works on nuclear energy safety and regulation for submarines aircraft carriers and nuclear personnel

Sounds pretty heavy duty

He says I just finished a two-week public policy program at a think tank. I'm trying to find temporary work and housing in DC

He's really enjoying the shows moving to a new town finding a new place screening and qualifying

He's really building a social circle. He says however

I have one issue that will bug me in DC and came up during the July 4th weekend two of my former good friends

I won't mention their names. They still think they're good friends with me live right next to town at

College we became friends early on because we would attend parties together and drink together and one of them became my roommate

The other guy and I played rugby together and we joined the same frat too by my senior year

I kept working on my personal growth and been growing out of these relationships because of the way they acted and treated me and treated other people

I kept my mouth shut but I stuck out the relationships because I felt it would be really awkward if I didn't I was in an environment where my

Personality growth and well-being took hits and I didn't enjoy hanging out with them

I've now been trying to avoid their texts to hang out and I have a lot of mutual friends with them

This is a bummer because if I'd like to avoid them

I'll run into them if I meet up with mutual friends

Also, I have all these new friends that make me better and are really great

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