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Hey everybody, it's Mariel.

I was a little bit of a late bloomer in terms of dating.

I didn't do it in high school.

So when I got to college and started having dalliances and texting with sootors, I didn't know what to say.

I remember walking into a friend's room in our freshman dorm with my pink razor flip phone being like, yeah, he texted me this.

Am I supposed to text back, ha ha, that was funny?

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