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It's been three weeks and five days since my last shave.Am I doing ok?I guess so.The first week had been insanely itchy, but I embraced it and told myself it was for the best.Linda, my girlfriend of five years, had walked out on me to be with an accountant, as my current form of employment 'boxed' us in and didn't allow for the little luxuries that a women of her taste required.It soon became apparent that my sacrifices - leaving my family, changing my eating habits and convincing myself I enjoyed bottled grape nectar with fermented cow cube...
Warning advisory- this story contains themes of domestic violence and miscarriage. ‘Pour me a glass of poison!' he would call coming through the door andlike the good little wife I was, I would run to do his bidding.I now stare at him, wondering if I have made the right choice.Too late to go back now…he would only follow and I would be forever looking over my shoulder, second guessing each blonde male that caught my eye.I relax against the cushion at my back and watch as he settles back in his seat and begins to loosen his tie. I’ve alread...
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