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I took myself to the movies alone. I ended up falling in love.
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I loved life in Bozeman, Montana, but I got priced out. Luckily, moving 100 miles away felt like an upgrade.
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My name is Karen. People online use it to make fun of me.
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I graduated from Oxford with no job lined up. To avoid paying London rent, I now pet-sit and sleep in strangers’ homes.
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I was happily married for 11 years. Then, my husband joined the military.
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We thought retiring to Delaware was the right next step. We couldn’t have been more wrong.
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I left the US to move to Eastern Europe with my new husband. It helped me better understand the beauty of American culture.
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