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American Arthur “Chip” Gaudio Jr. and Swedish exchange student Jenny Teresia Sundberg briefly attended high school together ...

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See the full texts Shep Rose sent his then-girlfriend Sienna Evans about coming to visit her without Southern Charm's cameras ...

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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

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