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15. Here's one of the latest caught in that trap...

Reply to Marie Marie (Reply #7)

Sun May 31, 2026, 07:39 PM

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not proud of it; against everything I've ever lived my life by... but when the SS check doesn't reach the essentials, something has to give. I'm trying to look at it that way so I don't feel so bad about it. It really does a number on my emotional state.

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