Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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May 11, 2021
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My Dad slept with a lot of women. He was always on the make. He flirted with Mom’s friend in the waiting room while Mom was giving birth to me.

When he got older, he was confused when young women didn’t respond to him in the same way anymore. When he was young, he was very handsome on top of being 6’ 3” with a radio announcer’s voice. Women had tended to…

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