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24. And my last at 26. It was a long two years.

How old were you when you last gave your dad a kiss?
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rssllue wrote:5. My older sister ruined it for me!

Mine too.

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rssllue wrote:24. And my last at 26. It was a long two years.

How old were you when you last gave your dad a kiss?
um... we don't do kisses in my family. We hug.

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You didn't kiss on the cheek when you were a kid?

Probably around 6 I would guess.

How old were you when you first started shaving? (Face, legs, etc.)
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14 or 15 I'm not sure.

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I would guess about 7.

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Around 4....and we're back to the "poodle" days with Grandma...ask me about those floppy bows. (...I think I may need therapy over those...)

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If newspaper routes count, then I was 7. If not, then I was 17.

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I was probably three. My parents taught me with Highlights magazines.

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35.

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Probably I was pretty young. From a young age, we'd go on road trips to visit my grandparents to the north, and it took two hours just to get there, even though they looked so close on the map.

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6. He was quite the little bundle of energy!

How old were you when you found out about bad people (criminal types) outside of your home?
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I was six. An arsonist burned down our carriage house out back.

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5 or 6 when I went to youth camp.

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I was... nineteen, I think.

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