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Nine to Vogue's avatar

What a great read! I met my husband online. My grandparents met on the subway home from work in the 60-70s. It’s so crazy how the world is these days!

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Amanda Brown's avatar

It is so so crazy how it’s evolved so much nowadays!

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𝓐fra 𝓜asud's avatar

The Notebook scene and the caption underneath got me laughing 😂

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hasif 💌's avatar

This was such a beautifully reflective piece! The way you captured the tension between longing for love and fearing its compromises felt so real, love may not always be grand gestures, but its quiet presence is just as profound💚

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Amanda Brown's avatar

Wow, thank you so much!

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Maisha Rahman's avatar

Such a good read‼️. A slight suggestion, You might want to make your titles a little less vague. You might get better reach with that. But thats just a personal observation.

I loved the piece!! You write good. 🫶🧸

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Amanda Brown's avatar

Hi Maisha, thanks for the suggestion. Glad you liked the piece!

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Maisha Rahman's avatar

It was really good. Honestly. 😭‼️

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Amanda Brown's avatar

Aw, thank you so much!

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Hiyan's avatar

Wow, what a read. It was nice to read a refreshing piece of work after such a long time really. Keep up the good work!

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Amanda Brown's avatar

Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed reading :)

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Hiyan's avatar

Hey I’ve written my first Substack so I’ll be glad if you showed some appreciation to it🙂

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owa's avatar

The last line got me omg what a wonderful read 😍

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Amanda Brown's avatar

Thank you so much!!

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Jaycie's avatar

What a great read. After having and losing love for the first time, I feel this one <3

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intr🌸vert's avatar

Same

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Elena Ashiegbu's avatar

Lawd! This is beautiful. If only I can gather my thoughts this way. You write so well. Great piece!

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aishiki's avatar

loved this and related to this heavily, especially about the part of love lingering in silences and rooted in communication, independence and vulnerability.

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ohwen's avatar

love this

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