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3. Congratulations! My mom had to quit after she got asthma when I was a bit after 5 yrs old....

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:01 PM

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she was ? 31.

My sister thank goodness quit in her early 20s.
I never started bc I hated the smell! The girls' bathroom in the HS cafeteria was hell! #cough,gak,cough#

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