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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would try and get to being comfortable with myself quicker.
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Eve Ensler
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I would have honoured my body, I would have lived inside it, cherished it and protected it.
Tim Rice
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I would definitely change the way one or two relationships ended.
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I am who I am because of that messed-up childhood.
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