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There is no definitive guidebook on how to pick the right partner, and even if there were, I'm way too dumb to write it.

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Justin Halpern
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 3
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You're like a tornado of bullshit right now. We'll talk again when your bullshit dies out over someone else's house.
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You go ahead. I'd rather not be shot out of a tube into a pool filled with a bunch of nine-year-olds' urine.
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