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If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
Choices
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Settle
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Loneliness
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