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Nathlie Provosty
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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Advice to Nathlie Provosty at age 13
1. In the playground when the kids try to pay you $5 to say a cuss word, go ahead and say the word. Not saying it will be misconstrued as snobbery whereas you are really just trying to be a good person the best way you know how. You will learn later that to be a good person is in fact being open to so-called good and so-called badÑdevoid of judgment. Besides, you'd be up five bucks.
2. When Alex starts to say mean things to you, instead of quietly taking her abuse, tell her she's "full of %$#" and "to get a life," or some other appropriate phrase. It is a better method than going home and writing in a diary that you call Pickle. Later you'll look back at your "Dear Pickle" diary and think it must have to do with some sexual repression you must have been feeling at the time (though it will make you laugh out loud when you think of it).
3. Later, just before Alex is going to push you up against the locker, leave before she has the chance. You were right to not push back, but don't be afraid to scream at her.
4. Later on...age 14, kiss Kevin when he comes on to you. Nothing will ever come of the two of you, so there's no harm in allowing yourself to experience the excitement of the moment.
5. Later on...age 16, the next day in algebra when sitting next to Scott, after having had a make-out session with him at a party the previous weekend, don't act so weird and uncomfortable around him. Really, it's no big deal. You'll barely ever see the guy again later on.
6. Also 16...Okay Nathlie, remember when you went up to siblings weekend at Ohio University and you made out with one of your brothers friends and then a little while later he came down to visit your bro in Cincinnati and you were really anxious and nervous in his presence, and somehow stuck sitting next to him at Pomodori's pizza place where you all went out to eat. ... Well, don't, I repeat DON'T take your lemon out of your glass of water and somewhat subconsciously put the seeds of your lemon into his glass of water. You will save yourself from the most embarrassed feeling you've felt in your whole life (even more than when you farted really loud in art class).
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