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copy: The irony of the situation hadn't escaped her. **She** had taken years to sculpt the perfect persona with the perfect look that she shared on Instagram. **She** knew her hundreds of thousands of followers envied that life she showed and stayed engaged with her because they wanted that life too. The truth was that she wanted the perfect life she portrayed more than any of her fans. The fact was that despite all the perfection she shared on social media, her life was actually more of a mess than most.

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title: He liked to play with words in the bathtub.

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copy: The headphones were on. They had been utilized on purpose. She could hear her **mom** yelling in the background, but couldn't make out exactly what the yelling was about. That was exactly why she had *put* them on. She knew her **mom** would enter her room at any minute, and she could _pretend_ that she hadn't heard any of the previous yelling.

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title: He wasn't bitter that she had moved on but from the radish.