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Jen Nassiri's avatar

Love the hard truth.

Makes me feel for the soul who dedicates so much time and energy to lies.

THANK you for sharing

Keep up the good stuff 💜

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Simone Silverstein's avatar

Jen, thanks. Someone has to tell the truth. It may as well be me (even if I look like an ass :)

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

D'oh, thank you for sharing your story! <3 Anyone could have fallen for those biceps.

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Simone Silverstein's avatar

Haha! #truth!

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Christin Chong, PhD's avatar

I told my wife your story and she said "I'm so glad you guys are writers because you can turn shitty situations into writing material!"

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Simone Silverstein's avatar

She's absolutely right. Great perspective.

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Heidi K.'s avatar

Ugh, so glad you shared this. A cautionary tale for sure and one I'll share with Camille, who at 21 is dipping her toes into this pool. This was one big, creepy frog, but there will be plenty of non frogs so do keep us posted.

Also. I just bought two more pairs of goodrs. They really should give you a commission but at $25 bucks a pair, I guess that wouldn't be a very impressive amount.

Love reading this every week, Simone!

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Simone Silverstein's avatar

Thanks, Heidi. Yes, share this with Camille. If something is off or too good to be true, it probably is. Grateful to have you on the other end of these letters. ❤️

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kate's avatar

ugh so sorry this happened to you... glad he only wasted 4 of your days instead of many more. ♥️

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Simone Silverstein's avatar

Thanks, Kate. Me, too. Four days is a blip. I'm back and better than ever :)

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