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Which is both gross and breathtakingly romantic. He could always have just gone upstairs and brushed his teeth, but he stayed and lurked by the fish for me.

Maureen Johnson

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Maureen Johnson
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Teeth
Lurked
Gone
Brushed
Always
Upstairs
Stayed
Gross
Fish
Fishes
Romantic

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