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I Fell in Love with A Guy Who Had No Teeth
Sometimes staying single is better.
Being desperate can make you do things you usually wouldn’t do, like get involved with a guy who had no teeth.
It would have been a huge deal breaker in a different time and place, but I was already emotionally invested in my ex before I saw him in person and realized he had no teeth.
In 2008, I met my ex online in a chatroom dedicated to my state’s area code.
I was a regular in the chat room and became friends with several other regulars and hung out with them in person.
After a while of talking to my ex online, I fell utterly in love with him, or so I thought. You see, he had a way with the ladies since he was such a smooth talker, and he had a cute face, minus the whole no teeth thing.
We spent the first two years of knowing each other texting and talking on the phone. I would call him once I got off work at 11:00 pm and had amazing conversations with him while driving home.
I loved our late-night conversations, and I felt like they were so deep and made me feel more connected with him, which led to me falling in love with him even more.
