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Their friendship was more important than any relationship. Guys would come and go girlfriends were forever.

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Guys
Relationship
Forever
Guy
Come
Important
Girlfriends
Would
Girlfriend
Friendship

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