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Ya don't say that.

Ya don't say that.

Another one about crying in the kitchen.

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Vanessa Rose Lima
Mar 18, 2023
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The new guy at work told me I looked tired.

I stopped in my tracks, glared at him with a torpedo level hatred, pointed a manicured finger, and said “Hasn’t anyone ever told you not to say that to a woman?”

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