Along the way, Jenny had developed certain personality traits that had either not existed or been dormant in her in high school, where she had actually been quite popular. She had become so afraid to commit to anything—to express an opinion, to sign up for anything long-term, to buy any clothing that made any kind of statement about herself, lest she find herself boxed in on something she wasn’t wholly sure of yet—that she found herself incapable of showing up anywhere as human being enough to attract another. She didn’t have many friends at Brown, or any, really; friends, too, require a
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