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Even when a girl is married she still never completely leaves her mother and father's home.

Anna Godbersen

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
Never
Marriage
Girl
Father
Mother
Stills
Home
Leaves
Still
Completely
Even
Married

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