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(2,533 posts)He came in mid semester that year. He never appeared in any yearbook photo's to my knowledge.
But I remember him well because the day my Dad died I needed some pot. Nobody on campus had any that I knew of except this guy-And I bugged him till he gave me a chunk.
What I thought was strange but relevant-he showed no empathy that my Dad had just died-he said that stuff happens all the time-get over it. That was his world not mine.
I became a pot addict that day. Before I could take or leave it. But that day I needed it-
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Not meaning to hijack the thread but I always wondered what he was doing there. The school did have a lot of rich kids & we always joked that the counselors were ex-FBI or something like that. I'd wager now they weren't there just for work-it was probably a safe haven for some of the kids & that's why he was there.