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Cuddling was for great aunts and teddy bears. Cuddling gave him cramp.

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Aunt
Bears
Sex
Gave
Cramp
Great
Cuddling
Cramps
Aunts
Teddy

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