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I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.

Simone Elkeles

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Chicago
Illinois
Painful
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Smoothing
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Confrontation
Time
Arguments
People
Avoiding
Relationships

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