10. how low can you go

On the first day of English during my senior year of high school, the teacher asked everyone to make a small introduction of themselves to the class. When it came to be my turn, my mouth got the better of me and somehow I said something along the lines of how I wouldn't put it past me to marry for money. Of course, this was a crazy statement to make (in most social situations, much less in a high school English class), so in one single moment I managed to make half the class hate me and the other half flabbergasted while a small minority gave me props for being "real."

I didn't mean the statement as a point of controversy or to be completely truthful. Most of the time, I say things for shock value. And then when the shock is shown on the other person's face, I like to take it to the next extreme. 

As a child, I was always a tester. I was that little shit in the backseat who would kick the back of the driver's seat while the car was in motion. Then, when a [booty] whooping was eminent, I would kick a little bit more to cement its inevitability. 

Looking back, it was probably more truthful than I was willing to admit - not in the whole Anna Nicole type of way, but in a more muted sense. As much as you like to think of yourself as a "free" spirit, the fact is that there's a nice comfortability in knowing that your significant other/spouse has had similar life experiences as you, especially the ones that you hold the most important and crucial to your personal development.





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