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True Blue American

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1. I lost dozens of friends when

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 04:03 PM

Feb 2022

I left a Southern Baptist Church, including one close friend that I had helped her through her husbands death and helped her get out and do things again. They all blamed me for deserting them. Such hate from the pulpit, it was awful.

But I make friends easy so made new ones. I was very active.

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