Short answer: there really isn’t a place where a 16-year-old can legally marry without parental (or court) consent.
Here’s how it generally works:
In most of the U.S. (including Michigan), 18 is the legal age to marry on your own.
If you’re 16 or 17, you usually must have parental consent, and sometimes a judge also has to approve it.
Many states have actually made the rules stricter in recent years to prevent minors from marrying without oversight.
Even if you went to another state, you’d run into the same issue:
States like Texas, Florida, and California still require parental consent and/or court approval for someone under 18.
Some states have banned marriage under 18 completely.
Also important: trying to get married somewhere with looser rules (even outside the U.S.) can still cause legal problems when you come back home, because your home state may not recognize it.
Real talk:
I get why you might want to do this, but the laws are set up to protect minors from being rushed into something really serious. Marriage comes with legal, financial, and life responsibilities that are hard even for adults.
If you want, you can tell me a bit about why you’re thinking about getting married now—I won’t judge, and I can help you figure out safer options or what your next steps could realistically look like.
🧊 Who do Antarctic programs need more?
👩⚕️ Nurses → more in demand (relatively)
Stations usually have multiple medical staff
Roles like:
Clinic nurse
ER/trauma support
Needed every season across several bases
➡️ So statistically, nursing gives you more chances to get hired
👩⚕️ Doctors → fewer positions
Often only 1 physician per station
Very high responsibility (you’re the main doctor for everyone)
Extremely competitive
➡️ They need doctors, but there are way fewer openings
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Yap
Forest
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Cosmo idk
Or you're gay
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Wow ur not gay anymore
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Idk. I'm a lil tired
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wanna join my call
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Phone. Sorry
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Mhm
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meow
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I got called a Jewish supremesist today
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I love trolling campus idiots
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It's funneh
Forest
oh?
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Yeah.
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It was so fun
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Full on just went up to a table and pretended to be clueless and they were straight up manipulating facts
Forest
huh?
mal
hi charlie!
Cosmo idk
Hey mal
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Anyways politics ain't for wje
Forest
hi momma
mal
hru dear
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im good
Forest
hru?
Cosmo idk
Nice
mal
i’m good
Forest
ayayyayay
Forest
wanna join my call
mal
i cantttt ☹️
Forest
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Cosmo idk
You on call with your technically-not-a-boyfriend?
Forest
yup
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Forest
and juno
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Who?
Cosmo idk
Not familiar with them
Forest
met him yesterday
Forest
he lives in
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somewhere
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My head hurts like a bitch
Forest
switcerland
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Ooh. I loved Switzerland
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yuhh
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The food's so good
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And like there's a lot of chocolate and like there's cern
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But there's also a bunch of French people
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And a lot of like 'sexual outlets'
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As i remember from like three years ago
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Forest
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What
mal
hm
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Hey Charlie, can you get Alain on? Bros chill af
Forest
yeah
C e d a r
Hii Cosmo idk how are you
Forest
im going to rip my boobs off
C e d a r
Why you idk man you should be CosmoUwU
Cosmo idk
I need my soon to be step son
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For some male bonding
mal
that sounds painful
mal
but also relatable
C e d a r
Who's your step son 🤔
Cosmo idk
... That'd probably hurt
Forest
🥺
Forest
yeah
Forest
i get like black heads on mine and im ripping them out and some of them hurt
Cosmo idk
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Cosmo idk
Bro
mal
owwww
C e d a r
That sounds itchy
Cosmo idk
Ew
C e d a r
You mean you're curious all the time
Cosmo idk
Some ways more than others
Forest
??
C e d a r
Which way padre mio
Forest
cosmo
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do i act diffrent to alain than the others? (and same for him to me than the others
C e d a r
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Forest
my adress
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is
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pull uo
Forest
up
Forest
sigh
C e d a r
DON'T GIVE AWAYY
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Like that
mal
im protecting you from creeps child
C e d a r
I know your address 😭
Cosmo idk
in the good way yeah
Forest
oki yay
Forest
i love you momma
Cosmo idk
you're not freaky at all
Forest
gulp
Cosmo idk
well
Forest
he dosnet use me for it
Forest
but if i get freaky he will play along
mal
love you too daughter
Forest
but it like rarely happens
C e d a r
🙂↕️
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mal
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mal
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C e d a r
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Bad move
Forest
sigh
C e d a r
There's Niger
mal
ill be back guys i needa shower
C e d a r
It's a country
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okii
C e d a r
Have a good shower
mal
i will lmao
Forest
i love gooning in the shower
C e d a r
Hope you don't drown
Forest
uhm..
C e d a r
I am stupid
C e d a r
That's a shower can't be drown
C e d a r
Shite
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sigh
C e d a r
May
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Alain
Forest
im tired
Forest
did you seee the fuckings bags under my eyse
C e d a r
I can put you on sleep
C e d a r
I did
C e d a r
And you need to rest
Forest
nooo
C e d a r
What did you say 😭
Forest
nunya
C e d a r
yuya
C e d a r
New word 💡
mal
i didnt drown!
Forest
that was a long ass shower mama
mal
i had to shave cus im wearing a dress sunday
Forest
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Forest
i see
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Good!
mal
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mal
and imma wear heels
mal
so ill be super tall
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im goign to wear shoes
mal
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mal
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im so tired
mal
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mal
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mal
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mal
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Forest
i js gained two surgar babies on ogo
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mal
o cute
mal
huh
Forest
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Forest
ok i lose one
Forest
gained another
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than ali only it to be her
Forest
so lost another
C e d a r
Man that shit scares me
Forest
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Forest
come kidnapp me
Forest
go to a diffrent state
Forest
and marry
𒀰 Dipshit 𒀰
Thunkuna
C e d a r
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Forest
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C e d a r
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Forest
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Forest
im 15
C e d a r
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Forest
when your 18
Forest
we can go to a state
Forest
or a romeo and julet rule or smthin
Forest
and get married becuase atleast one of us is 18
C e d a r
Where should we go
C e d a r
I wanna marry
Forest
let me look it up
C e d a r
Arkansas
C e d a r
Missouri, Mississippi, Pennsylvania
C e d a r
Not Texas though Neither California
Forest
really?
Forest
we can marry under the romeo and julet law there
C e d a r
Whereeee
Forest
idk where
Forest
i cant find anywhere
Forest
where you cant without perment permssion until 18
C e d a r
Connecticut and Indiana allows it
Forest
i love chat gpt
Forest
Short answer: there really isn’t a place where a 16-year-old can legally marry without parental (or court) consent.
Here’s how it generally works:
In most of the U.S. (including Michigan), 18 is the legal age to marry on your own. If you’re 16 or 17, you usually must have parental consent, and sometimes a judge also has to approve it. Many states have actually made the rules stricter in recent years to prevent minors from marrying without oversight.
Even if you went to another state, you’d run into the same issue:
States like Texas, Florida, and California still require parental consent and/or court approval for someone under 18. Some states have banned marriage under 18 completely.
Also important: trying to get married somewhere with looser rules (even outside the U.S.) can still cause legal problems when you come back home, because your home state may not recognize it.
Real talk: I get why you might want to do this, but the laws are set up to protect minors from being rushed into something really serious. Marriage comes with legal, financial, and life responsibilities that are hard even for adults.
If you want, you can tell me a bit about why you’re thinking about getting married now—I won’t judge, and I can help you figure out safer options or what your next steps could realistically look like.
Forest
the bottom
C e d a r
We ain't going to Texas
Forest
if i got empacited will you let me live with you?
C e d a r
I don't like that place
Forest
i see
Forest
lets go to antartica
C e d a r
Yes I want you to live with me
C e d a r
WE WILL FREEZE TO DEATH
C e d a r
And there will be a Madagascar 6 movie based on us
Forest
pleaseee
Forest
i wanna live in antartica
Forest
atleast vactation up there
C e d a r
You don't need to go to Antarctica just go to Canada my love
Forest
noo
Forest
iREALLY wanna go to antartica
Forest
i have for soo long
Forest
its so pretty!
C e d a r
it's full of ice
C e d a r
Forest
this is what it looks like at night
Forest
and i really love the cold!
C e d a r
Cause you're always hot? :3
Forest
shut up right now
Forest
serious convo
C e d a r
I love the cold to but not to the extent where we will freeze
C e d a r
To death
Forest
we wont freeze you idiot
C e d a r
How would you know
Forest
you can get hoems with electricty, i can do fired, we do fires at my house
Forest
MY FAMILY HAS A FUCKING VACATION HOME UP THERE
C e d a r
Actually there some people living in Antarctica
C e d a r
For research purposes
Forest
there ARE living situations up there
C e d a r
They're scientists
Forest
for more than research purposes
Forest
my dad got many job offers up there
Forest
for js normal living situations
Forest
you can live up there
Forest
ive looked so deep into this
C e d a r
You're too smart
Forest
please i want to go!
C e d a r
I want to go too!
Forest
just for a year or two
C e d a r
What
C e d a r
YEARS
Forest
what?
Forest
yes!
C e d a r
Shite
C e d a r
I'll go anywhere with you
Forest
i know how to live off the land if we have to, one of the first things i was taught
Forest
i cna hunt with bows
Forest
i can start fires
Forest
i can also re wire a house but thats not really important
C e d a r
What if the fire don't lights up
C e d a r
What if you can't ignite it
Forest
well
C e d a r
Cause it's like -20
C e d a r
There
Forest
theres a lot of ways for warmth
Forest
js get a heat lamp,
Forest
right
C e d a r
What if it's frozen
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stay in one room, close the door, and clover the cracks like close a blanket over it
Forest
put it in boling water
Forest
but
C e d a r
Ooh then
Forest
put a mental bucket over the heat lamp
Forest
itll heat up the room alot
Forest
as logn as you stay in one room
Forest
i have REALLy good aim with my bow
Forest
and it can shoot about 200 feet
Forest
and we both can cook
Forest
i can cook on anythign food, if i have anythig i can make smthin
Forest
we didnt have alot of money i was raised recoreful
C e d a r
We have to stay in one room And also the windows needed to be closed all the time
C e d a r
Feed me
Forest
obviously
C e d a r
I can help you with the cooking
Forest
i know
C e d a r
And I will clean
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but im saying i could even go alone
Forest
i know how to
C e d a r
And gonna dig some ice
Forest
i can dig a well
Forest
i can go ice fishing
Forest
look i want you to go with me
Forest
but going is a dream of mine, and i will go there for some time no matter what
Forest
either im going alone or your going with me and we can two more years of online
C e d a r
I'll go with you
Forest
okay;
C e d a r
Not going to let you go alone
Forest
its gergous
Forest
its my dream place to live
C e d a r
You plan to stay 2 years in Antarctica?
Forest
atleast 1
Forest
but ill shoot for two
C e d a r
But it's not that habitable to live my love
Forest
some parts are
C e d a r
We should give a try
Forest
you can make millions
Forest
living there
C e d a r
How's that even possible
Forest
because the population isnt full of docotrs and trade workers
Forest
so fi your something
Forest
you make bank
Forest
my dad was offerd thousands for SMALL jobs in antartica
C e d a r
Basically they're skilled workers living there
Forest
he was offerd so much moeny, a free trip up there free houseing for as long as he stays
C e d a r
He must have been very skilled
Forest
maybe
C e d a r
I've been interested in Antarctica too. What if we discover another species of humans there
Forest
i can beome a doctor or nurse
Forest
and get a masters degree
Forest
and ill help and be a doctor there
C e d a r
You can
Forest
and bring my family
Forest
ill be so good and theyll say
C e d a r
BUt aren't you planning on to be a lawyer or something?
Forest
we want you
C e d a r
I FORGOT
Forest
social work
C e d a r
Oh yes
Forest
but at one point it was that
C e d a r
Who
C e d a r
Your parents?
Forest
no idiot
Forest
antartia
C e d a r
Help
C e d a r
Oh lol
Forest
snf ill be like
C e d a r
FUCK I'M DUMB
Forest
"let me bring my husband and ill go"
Forest
and ill be so good theyll be like
Forest
"we will pay for his trip as well"
Forest
but my love, what if i cant take you?
C e d a r
I plan to be a computer scientist
C e d a r
They'll surely can make some use of me
C e d a r
What
C e d a r
Noooo
C e d a r
I'll go
C e d a r
With my own thing
C e d a r
Can't part us
Forest
ill be a nurse
Forest
🧊 Who do Antarctic programs need more? 👩⚕️ Nurses → more in demand (relatively) Stations usually have multiple medical staff Roles like: Clinic nurse ER/trauma support Needed every season across several bases
➡️ So statistically, nursing gives you more chances to get hired
👩⚕️ Doctors → fewer positions Often only 1 physician per station Very high responsibility (you’re the main doctor for everyone) Extremely competitive
➡️ They need doctors, but there are way fewer openings
Forest
💻 What about your boyfriend (computer scientist)?
This is actually a strong field for Antarctica.
Programs like the United States Antarctic Program need tech roles such as:
IT specialists Network engineers Systems administrators Cybersecurity / communications support
At places like McMurdo Station, everything depends on tech working:
Internet & communications Research data systems Satellite connections
➡️ So yes—they absolutely hire people in computer science–type roles
Forest
i want to work at McMurdo station
Forest
💻 What about your boyfriend (computer scientist)?
This is actually a strong field for Antarctica.
Programs like the United States Antarctic Program need tech roles such as:
IT specialists Network engineers Systems administrators Cybersecurity / communications support
At places like McMurdo Station, everything depends on tech working:
Internet & communications Research data systems Satellite connections
➡️ So yes—they absolutely hire people in computer science–type roles
Forest
⚖️ Best combo (honestly)
If your goal is both of you getting there:
You → Nurse (higher chances) Him → Computer science / IT (also needed)
➡️ That combo actually gives you a pretty solid shot as a pair
Forest
🧭 Real talk
Even with the “best” paths:
It can take years of experience People often apply multiple times before getting in
But your plan isn’t unrealistic at all—it’s actually one of the more practical ways to make Antarctica happen.
C e d a r
Dangg
C e d a r
That's so lit
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McMurdo Station seems interesting
Forest
lets go
C e d a r
We need to pre plan everything. It's a big thing
Forest
i can do this
Forest
i wanna cry
C e d a r
We can
C e d a r
With proper planning
C e d a r
Whyyy nooo
Forest
becuae
Forest
for a few reasons
C e d a r
Tell me
C e d a r
I don't want you to cry
Forest
this conversation
C e d a r
You achieve whatever you want
C e d a r
I want to support you through it
Forest
just gave "i love you" a whole nother meaning
Forest
and it made everything seem so reall, my dreams feel possible
Forest
and it gave me fucking hope that i can do what i really want
Forest
and that youll stay by my side no matter what
C e d a r
Even if you want to explore the depths of hell, explore the moon whatever you want. I'll always be with you
Forest
but at the same time, i shared my dreams with you, its now something we plan to do together
Forest
and i hate so much to think about this but my brain wont stop me
C e d a r
You're so cute..and you can achieve what you're willing to achieve
Forest
if things dont work out, itll be like all my studying, and all my hope was for nothing.
Forest
itll be like more than my heart was broken'
Forest
because it was just my dream, but now its ours
Forest
and if things dont work out, my dreams will have a weight
C e d a r
You won't be broken baby
C e d a r
No need to think of it. I'm not leaving
Forest
i dotn want to make you feel bad if things dont ever work out
Forest
i want them to so bad
Forest
so much badder than normal
C e d a r
You'll never make me feel bad
Forest
i love you so much
Forest
if thse dreams dont work out itll be okay if i still have you
Forest
and i really would rather have you than my dreams
C e d a r
I'm in so love with you beyond words
Forest
but at the same time your not stealing my spark
C e d a r
I love you so much more
C e d a r
Dreams can work out if we put effort in it
C e d a r
We can still achieve 80%-90% of it even if we don't have the 100%
Forest
the hope you gave me is a whole diffrent story
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C e d a r
We always gotta aim for big
Forest
im freaking out ethan
Forest
i shared my dreams with him and they became his and he made them feel so much real and scarier at the same time
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like dream dremas
Forest
he thing i want with my life
Forest
my biggest goal
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Yo hermano
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I'm honoured for that
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You should be able to achieve what you want
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C e d a r
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Forest
i know
C e d a r
Lol what's gooodd
C e d a r
Yes! And we'll do it
C e d a r
At least get close to it
Forest
no
Forest
we will do it
C e d a r
We will my love
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C e d a r
Good morning UK
Forest
Hii uk
United Kingdom UK
Sup
Forest
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C e d a r
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United Kingdom UK
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United Kingdom UK
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/anons imean
Forest
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United Kingdom UK
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Forest
kinda tired
United Kingdom UK
Relatable
Forest
yeah
C e d a r
I'm tired and energetic in the same time
C e d a r
United Kingdom isn't it too early for you
Forest
sigh
United Kingdom UK
Well yeah..
Forest
what time?
United Kingdom UK
6:45 am
Forest
girly pop
C e d a r
It's 6:45 for him
C e d a r
Him/her/it/them/xit
C e d a r
Whatever your pronouns are man
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Jk
Forest
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Him
Forest
TIT
Forest
TITTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyy
C e d a r
Titten
Forest
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C e d a r
Nom
C e d a r
Nicee
United Kingdom UK
Yes
Forest
my brother is being a dick
United Kingdom UK
What he doin
Forest
being annoying
Forest
i want water
United Kingdom UK
I do too but the water i have is warm and tastes disgusting
Forest
oh
ℑ𝔪 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔖𝔱𝔲𝔭𝔦𝔡
fah'
United Kingdom UK
If cats are pussies does that mean dogs are dicks?
Forest
yuh
C e d a r
No
C e d a r
It's upsetting.
Forest
hm
United Kingdom UK
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ℑ𝔪 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔖𝔱𝔲𝔭𝔦𝔡
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it has too be lmao
Forest
water
C e d a r
Nono
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It's that
Forest
im dying
C e d a r
Nooo you're not
Forest
yes i am
C e d a r
Not letting you
United Kingdom UK
Why
Forest
theres a pimple on the back of my ear
Forest
that i cant pop
Forest
nd it hursts
United Kingdom UK
Just hide it with a hat
United Kingdom UK
A small one
Forest
uhm
Forest
its like a tiny ass pimple
C e d a r
I have the same thing..
Forest
ohh
C e d a r
Don't touch it
C e d a r
Popping can cause infections