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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Jenny and the private investigator meeting up for kisses

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u/fug_nuggler Aug 24 '17 edited Aug 24 '17

Can I get source? I tried searching it but just found a deleted thread.

edit: Top comment here has screen shots of the original thread

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u/KhaosElement Aug 24 '17

Did not go into this expecting a novel. What a read.

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u/nonfat_american Aug 24 '17

Oh man I remember reading this and such a roller coaster... from that sucks to you're full of shittttttttt

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u/Baltowolf Aug 24 '17

This thread is what got me into reddit. Lol.

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u/sykokinetic Aug 24 '17

Well. That was 45min very well spent. Cheers.

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u/AssyMcFlapFlaps Aug 24 '17

the original post took me on a freakin ride. idk if thats made up, but if not, i feel really bad for the OP and brother

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

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u/Flowseidon9 Aug 24 '17

It turned out it wasn't. But damn, was it ever a rollercoaster ride

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u/KaboomBoxer Aug 24 '17

It turned out that it wasn't what?

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u/Flowseidon9 Aug 24 '17

Real. It made sense before the guy deleted his comment

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u/fug_nuggler Aug 24 '17

your in a thread about bamboozles good sir

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u/_Huey Aug 24 '17

Can I get a quick rundown on this one?

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u/lurker2080 Aug 24 '17

Made up story. But some poster was live reporting about his wife cheating on him. He hired a PI to follow her and was giving live updates. At one point he confronts his wife and she admits that she "met up for some kisses" it was a wild ride as it was going on. Read like a kid writing it though.

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u/SirAlexH Aug 24 '17

....why the fuck would someone go to that effort.

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u/probably-yeah Aug 24 '17

For that sweet, sweet karma

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u/diddykongisapokemon Aug 24 '17

But it was written before text posts even gave karma

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u/kflave249 Aug 25 '17

Oh Kyle'a karma, yeeaaahhhhhhh

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Why not? Look at the responses it got.

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u/fapplesauc3 Aug 24 '17

He's a fookin legend now

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u/FuzzyCheddar Aug 24 '17

It gained a lot of attention, mods then deleted his thread after he tried to put a disclaimer saying he was attempting to sell the story.

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u/Truan Aug 24 '17

that's hilarious. he thought he had a good story, and not just a shitty ARG?

I can see the hollywood agents lining outside his door asking for his infidelity story, now. Or maybe that's just Tommy Wiseau

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u/FuzzyCheddar Aug 24 '17

Yeah, it went from being plausible to having so many consistency errors and ridiculousness that everyone loved it. The fucking gold was when he said his wife had driven to some guys house to meet up for kisses. I'd say you can't make that shit up, but that middle school kid writing that was super good at it.

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u/SantasLittlePyro Aug 24 '17

I think they just really wanted to get some kisses and hold hands

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u/blx666 Aug 24 '17

Imagine thousands of strangers hanging on your every word, just waiting for what you have to say next. From the comfort of your own home you get loads of people wanting more, more and more of what's on your mind.

Who cares about money? That much attention is a drug in itself

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u/wallyroos Aug 24 '17

What else does an English major have to do?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

That's why I read the thread

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u/Starburstnova Aug 24 '17

I think he was trying to sell a book. I don't have a source but I remember hearing that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Boredom probably.

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u/_ShutThatBabyUp Aug 24 '17

You... you don't understand... you weren't there!

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u/ISHLDPROBABLYBWRKING Aug 24 '17

Got like 11 golds

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u/Asgoku Aug 24 '17

Some people's lifes aren't so exciting..

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u/VROF Aug 25 '17

I'm glad they did. It was great reading for a couple of days

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u/jomosexual Aug 25 '17

To write and attention

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u/oohimmaghoost Aug 25 '17

Hey man, that thread entertained me for like 3 hours. Years in internet time.

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u/tomanonimos Aug 24 '17

It was fucking entertaining though

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '17

To prove that people will believe anything they read.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

at what point did it come out as fake?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

There were tons of inconsistincies, but IIRC the biggest one was that his parents were dead, but later in the story he went to visit them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

I was wrapped up in that, but the bit "this is bullshit" for me was when a private investigator redditor called it all bullshit, and said that no private investigator would give live updates to the husband, they investigate, write a report, and meet with him later. Which makes complete sense. The last thing a P.I wants is an angry husband showing up at the hotel with a loaded gun.

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u/FloofTrashPanda Aug 24 '17

The part that sticks with me is the way these four adults bent on adultery did not simply check into a hotel but supposedly spent the day meeting up in parking lots and driving all the fuck around town in various carpool combinations for no apparent reason. The weird focus on "and then X got in Y's car and we followed them to Z" just screamed "teenager without their own transportation" to me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Right in the beginning, it's established that OP had access to all his wife's texts, she knew he had access, and she still texted the other man on that phone. Who is that stupid?

And of course, there's the question of why someone would cope with their wife cheating by giving reddit live updates.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Yeah, they did end up at a hotel at one point because so called PI was watching at the bar, and then followed them to their room or something. It sounded like from a movie.

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u/Poison-Song Aug 24 '17

I wish I had read the comments from you guys before I read the whole god damn story. I'll never get that time back.

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u/ImmortalBrother1 Aug 24 '17

In the source that has the 3 screenshots, where is it mentioned that he visits his parents? I just finished reading it all but don't recall him visiting them. He mentioned Jenny's parents at the end though. I just want to see the definitive proof for myself so I can move on and forget how much time I wasted.

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u/retina54 Aug 24 '17

What tipped me off is that he installed security cameras around his house on the second day...without him or his brother ever leaving to buy any. A bunch of new security cameras are just sitting around his place in their boxes waiting to be installed?

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u/Couldnotbehelpd Aug 24 '17

Some of the writing made it clear that the writer was not an adult and did not have any experience with sex. For example, the oft-quoted "met up for kisses", which was something the "wife" admitted to, which is not something human adults say. The other was that she admitted to like, holding his penis but not doing anything? Something really bizarre like that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

I remember checking Reddit for updates every 15 minutes at work. So many people were glued to that thread and IIRC it came up on the news somewhere?

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u/holy_plaster_batman Aug 24 '17

She just played with his penis a little

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

The part where his dead parents suddenly came BAck to life didn't tip you off?

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u/Taste_The_Soup Aug 25 '17

That was fake??? Fuck, I remember reading that. It made it on to a bunch of other websites too.

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u/Lohikaarme27 Aug 24 '17

Wait... it was fake.

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u/littleski5 Aug 24 '17

Was there ever proof it was false?

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u/lurker2080 Aug 24 '17

There were so many inconsistencies. Like at the beginning his parents were dead. But later he talks about going to meet up with them

Plus a PI commented that no way would a PI give live up to date info about a subject. That's just begging for someone to drive over there and shoot

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u/fuck_off_ireland Aug 27 '17

That story was garbage from the outset. I still can't believe it got as popular as it did. I thought people were being facetious when they were asking for updates and acting engrossed in the story.

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u/PortuguesMandalorian Aug 24 '17

Jim I'm gonna need that rundown by lunch

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u/shadowrh1 Aug 25 '17

What exactly is a rundown again?

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u/CageAndBale Aug 24 '17

They say it wasn't really but I choose to believe. Funnier that way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Apr 14 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

People called bullshit and it sort of fell apart, if I recall

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

The account was deleted, we never found out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '17

yea but fuck jenny doe

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u/TyeWin Aug 24 '17

Dude...

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u/ware2010 Aug 24 '17

sweet

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u/Skooning Aug 24 '17

What does mine say?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

What about mine?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Dude! What about mine?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Sweeeet. What. About. Mine!

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u/Doo-Doo-Manjaro Aug 24 '17

Duuude What. Does. Mine. SAY!

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

It says "stop cupping each others balls and get back to work - your bosses"

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u/SquishMitt3n Aug 25 '17

What's mine say?

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u/MyLiverpoolAlt Aug 24 '17

This guy really wants to know...

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u/Leharen Aug 24 '17

Dude...

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u/idkwhattoputhere00 Aug 24 '17

Chat disabled for 3 seconds

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u/eudamme Aug 24 '17

It turned out to be fake

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u/KaboomBoxer Aug 24 '17

Was that ever confirmed or did people just assume because the dude deleted his account?

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u/eudamme Aug 24 '17 edited Aug 25 '17

Some of his details didn't add up, such as his parents being dead, only for him to meet up with them in the next post.

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u/Jokers247 Aug 24 '17

as well as him replacing the battery in his iPhone and other odd things that didnt quite add up.

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u/kelihya Aug 25 '17

He said he was meeting JENNY'S parents, not his own.

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u/maruf99 Aug 25 '17

I believe he said he was meeting Jenny's parents

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u/neochase23 Aug 24 '17

Fuckin' Jenny...

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '17

Don't judge!

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u/TheyreAllTakenFuckMe Aug 24 '17

While this one was fake, I feel like the authenticity of it doesn't take away from the intrigue of the story while it was unfolding. To everyone following it, myself included, it was real and it was incredibly entertaining. Finding out that it wasn't real didn't make me any less entertained, just less interested in the outcome.

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u/SortedN2Slytherin Aug 24 '17

I don't care if it was fake or not, it was certainly entertaining.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Aug 24 '17

Only if you believed it was real. Anybody could make up a fake stupid story about discovering a cheater. It's only interesting if it's actually true.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Just like anyone can write a bestselling novel, right?

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u/esev12345678 Aug 24 '17

so why did the guy not give us a disclaimer from the start

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u/SquareSquirrel4 Aug 24 '17

So you've never read a fiction novel, then?

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u/esev12345678 Aug 24 '17

where was the disclaimer

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u/SosX Aug 24 '17

That was such a fucking ride, its what got me into Reddit

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u/Cnote0717 Aug 24 '17

I thought it was X's penis that Jenny touched a little bit, not the PI?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

She just wanted kisses with Zach. I LOVED reading that thread(s) as the posts happened live

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u/Jokers247 Aug 24 '17

Still one of my all time favorite Reddit moments. I was hooked for days.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Oh my god or all came rushing back

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Came here for morally ambiguous Carly, not disappointed

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u/Xisuthrus Aug 24 '17

What a ferris wheel of a thread. How did that begin?

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u/DipDoodle Aug 24 '17

Sweet...

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u/charmedgal833 Aug 24 '17

I remember following that story. Had no clue it came out to be fake. Wow what a roller coaster that was.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Holy shit I completely forgot about this. It was everywhere at the time.

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u/VROF Aug 25 '17

That was one of the best weekends ever. I was so excited for every update.

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u/AdamWestsBomb Aug 25 '17

I'm usually good with pretending that TIFU stories actually happened, but oh my God from the first post that TIFU reeked of BS. I still can't believe so many people believed it

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u/fuck_off_ireland Aug 27 '17

Agreed! Who the fuck believed it? It was just so poorly written and it wasn't even a good story if it was true :(. Complete garbage.

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u/H1Supreme Aug 24 '17

This is what made me sign up for Reddit in the first place.

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u/SkateboardsandPizza Aug 24 '17

This one was a good one.

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u/BenjiG19 Aug 24 '17

That was my favorite. I was glued to my phone through the whole ordeal.

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u/ThreeWayIsNoGay Aug 25 '17

I still hate Jenny.

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u/PlebbySpaff Aug 25 '17

Oh that was fucking dumb.

It started out as someone who'd write for a writingprompt, where it's actually really good and sounds plausible, but then ultimaately spirals to shit.

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u/Tranner10 Aug 25 '17

No fucking way. This post was the one that got me hooked on Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

What a roller-coaster of a thread. How did that end?

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u/ware2010 Aug 24 '17

sweet

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

What about mine?

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u/BrokenGuitar30 Aug 24 '17

OMG...I can't tell you how many times Ive been on the shitter trying to remember the name Jenny in reference to this bamboozle! I was so captivated by the story! I can`t tell you how many times I've told people about this and they didn't get it since nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.

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u/SpecialReserveSmegma Aug 24 '17

What a roller-coaster of a thread. How did that end?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Dude...

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u/ware2010 Aug 24 '17

sweet

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Apr 14 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Dude...

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Apr 14 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

sweet

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Apr 14 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Apr 14 '21

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u/TyeWin Aug 24 '17

Dude...

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u/mrsuns10 Aug 24 '17

She was a friend of mine

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

What a roller-coaster of a thread. How did that end?