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A few ex-girlfriends in my teens. I didn’t know how to treat a lady.
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To my kids, for my shortcomings.
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
Myself. I didn’t know how to protect myself adequately when I was younger, and I think I would have experienced my youth differently if I had.
My younger self for being hard on myself.
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