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Why I Bought Myself an Engagement Ring
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Why I Bought Myself an Engagement Ring

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Jo Piazza
Apr 30, 2024
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"I bought myself an engagement ring in Tanzania," I emailed a group of my girlfriends, mainly for effect.

I knew it would give them something to talk about the next time they met up for drinks without me. My girlfriends love to gossip. They're bitches like that.

They particularly love to gossip about me, the last woman standing in our group of college fri…

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