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Apparently, it used to be extremely common for families to have two parents. They stayed together because that’s what all the other parents did. Now there are so many options, so many different ways to be a family. So many ways to rip a family apart.

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Susane Colasanti
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 1
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New Jersey
United States
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