Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life.
Emily GiffinThe whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.
Emily GiffinThings are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.
Emily GiffinThen he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." "And what type is that?" she asks,leaning foward in her chair,yearning for confirmation that he gets it,that they are like-minded in their observations of others and the circumspect way they view the world. "Oh,let's see," he says,rubbing his jaw. "Superficial.Artificial.Sheep. They're more worried about how they come across to others than who they really are.They exhaust themselves in their pursuit of things that don't really matter.
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