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Caitlin H. Mallery
Jul 11, 2022
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Have you every heard of “emotional purity”?

If you grew up in the purity culture of the late 90s and early 2000s you know what I am talking about. Protecting your heart from emotional attachments was a top value in purity culture. That meant even having a crush was problematic and to my childish mind may as well be sin.

Right now my children are coming t…

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