81. And you’ll spend the rest of your life

wondering why he didn’t.
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78. On your 14th birthday,

your dad looked sad. It’s like he knew he was going to lose you.
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77. You look like your mother,

but you have different values. Not perfect, but you’d die before stripping in front of strangers.
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75. This is NOT a come-on,

just a fact of your life.
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74. That's not exactly true;

your mother's name would be recognized in some circles.
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73. You take after your mother,

a well-known stripper whose name would be instantly recognized.
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72. You want to be Twiggy,

but you look more like Ann-Margaret.
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71. You are tall and curvy,

even after starving yourself for the last three days.
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70. Except for the high cheekbones

and green eyes, you look nothing like him.
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68. But his bean pole figure

will be crippled and bent over.
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66. His hair will be silver.

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65. In 1981, your half-sister

will show you a new photo of your dad.
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64. In 1964, he had spiky black hair

and high cheekbones, skinny as a pole.
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63. You realize that you don’t know

HIS birthday and never will.
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62. He was old, even in 1964.

40-something, maybe even 50.
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60. Maybe it WILL be your dad

on that ice-covered corner.
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59. You don’t remember much about him,

but he reminds you of a perv who will, in 1991, call you “honey” on a street corner.
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58. You keep returning

to your 14th birthday and your dad.
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