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Monday, February 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Shawn, 31

"I met my ex-wife, Jackie, when she was 12 years old and I was 17. We kind of had this little thing."
By John Bowe

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  • Sunday, February 8, 2009 08:50 PM

    Maybe

    Some of the detractors would have been more impressed if the same events had taken place in more middle class environs, and the story had been rendered in standard grad-student English...

    Sarcasm aside, Motherhoodrocks has it exactly right.

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