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If The Past Was Different

I made a major life decision when I was only 20 years old

My boyfriend asked me to marry him when I was 20. I was in my first year at New York University and my third year of college. It was right before Christmas.

We met when I was 16. Getting engaged seemed like a natural progression. We went hiking and when we stopped to look at the snow that started…