#age appropriate

2026: 22yr old me, staying up until 3am on a workday reading Lucius fanfics on Ao3

I also think we are forgetting that children and teenagers can experience love, and that this love can be pure, innocent, and beautiful. Not every expression of affection is about sex. In many cases, the beauty of first love lies in its simplicity; the excitement of spending time together, holding hands, sharing a hug, or simply caring deeply about someone.

Can we just accept that people under 18 can fall in love? It’s far more common than some people seem willing to acknowledge. I’m genuinely concerned by this growing tendency to dismiss or deny those feelings.

(It works.)

“𝓃ℯ𝓌𝒸ℴ𝓂ℯ𝓇“ ~

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝖳𝖶： 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝗎𝖿𝖿， 𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍， 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾．



𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝.

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐠-𝐮𝐩. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞.

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𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀－ 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗇 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋，𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗇𝖺𝗏𝗒 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖺 𝗌𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗌𝗎𝖺𝗅．

𝖠𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗋𝗂𝖺－ 𝖼𝗅𝗎𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾，𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿𝖿， 𝗎𝗌𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗈𝗆 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺，𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖿𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝖺𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗅𝗈𝗀．

𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗒 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾， 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗓𝖾．𝖲𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗃𝗈𝗅𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇， 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾． 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗒， 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗎𝗂𝗆 𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋， 𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗋𝗍． 𝖧𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝗆𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾

𝗁𝗂𝗆， 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗐𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽， 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇𝗍 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾． 𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗑𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌．

𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌－ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗋𝗂𝖺．

𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒， 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗎𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆． “𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗅𝗒？ 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾．“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌．

“ 𝗂－ 𝗂 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾．“ 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗇 ’𝗂 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋’ 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄． “𝖱𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅－𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐， 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎． 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗂 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝗈 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗈 𝗂 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍．．． 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎．“ 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝖻𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗎𝗆𝖻． “𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒．“ 𝖧𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽， 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎．

𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗐𝗄𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾． 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾， 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗎𝗍． “𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝗂 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗅𝗒．

𝖨𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗍 𝗎𝗉， “𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾！“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎， 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇． 𝖧𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎．

𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌， 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆， 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗀𝖾， 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾， 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗈𝖿． 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽， 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾， 𝖩𝖴𝖲𝖳 𝗆𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖽．

“𝖧𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗂 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌？“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝗌 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒．

𝖡𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗍， 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍． 𝖡𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄， 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝗇 𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌． 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽， 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀， 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗆 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗉． “𝖨𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒？“ 𝖧𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌， 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌， 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾．

𝖡𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗉𝗋𝗎𝗉𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗒．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋－𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽，𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆．“𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗅！“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆， 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋． 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾．

𝖧𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎，𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌．𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄，𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀．

“𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎．“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗅𝗒．

“𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝖽𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀．“ 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗒𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾．“𝖲𝖾𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗐𝖾’𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗇．“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌， 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈．“𝗈𝗄．“ 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌．

“𝗅𝖺𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍“ 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒．

“𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆， 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗍．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾， 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝗀𝗌 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽． 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅．“𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽！“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾， 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖻𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻 𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿．

𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝗉 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗋𝗂𝖺．𝖴𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗂𝗅𝗆𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇． 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋， 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎．

𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆， 𝗁𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇， 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎．“𝖮𝗁 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗍！𝗈𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝖽！“ 𝖧𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗎𝗉 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾． “𝖨𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒 𝗂 𝗌𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗋！“ 𝖧𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋， 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋．

𝖬𝗂𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋， 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋． “𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽？！“ 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁．

“𝖶𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄， 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾！“ 𝖧𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒．

“𝖶𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿．“ 𝖬𝗂𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿． 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒， 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝖼𝗒．

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𝖠 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌， 𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗎𝗉． 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉， 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌， 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽． 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁－ 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗅．

“𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾“ 𝖧𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾．𝖧𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌， 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗍．

𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍．

𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾．𝖲𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀， 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍．

“𝖬𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍“ 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗍．𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝖽． “𝖬𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾“ 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍， 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾．

𝖬𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗅．

You're not the "hot mom" having "a little wild fun" with a younger guy.

You're the older woman preying on young men and boys who are young enough to be your sons and grandsons, who've been groomed into thinking it's some kind of cool badge of honor to be preyed on by older women.

If a forty year old man and a twenty-three year old woman disgusts you, you should be equally disgusted by the forty year old woman and the twenty-three year old man.

The amount of prideful posts I see on Instagram on Facebook and Twitter of older women bragging about how they "just can't stop the younger guys falling over them" and "I try so hard to resist but in the end, I'm just a girl."

You're teaching young men and boys to think it's acceptable, and sexy, and normal to prey on younger people. Do you really think once they grow out of being "cougar prey" they're not going to turn around and start their own hunt? On young women and girls?