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My Daughter Is in Love with Herself. Really.

Posted by Lonna Cottrell-Thompson October 10, 2012 - Filed in Tweens - #daughter #crush #middle school #doppleganger #stalker - 103 views

Any remote fears of my twelve year old daughter developing low self-esteem dissolved the second she showed me pictures of this school year’s first crush.

Opening her laptop, Mali prepares me for the shock. “Brian (my husband/her stepfather) said we could be twins.” She presents me with her desk top wallpaper: a collage of this dude we’ll call Amadeus. And yes, he shockingly resembles the girl that came from my womb.

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