We had no one else to learn this from-none of our parents were shining examples of relationship success-so we learned this from each other: when someone you love needs you to, you can get a hold of your five-alarm temper, get a hold of the shapeless things that scare you senseless, act like an adult instead of the CRO-Magnon teenager you are, you can do a million things you never saw coming.

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