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I'm going to keep seeing him as much as I can. We'll see what happens, I say, realizing that just seeing what happens is my version of going for it.
Emily Giffin
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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
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Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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