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37. While I was stationed in Japan, a good friend of mine was in the base protocol...

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Sat Nov 15, 2025, 08:22 PM

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...office. His last name was Penix. My own last name is Ball. Altho he was a really great guy, I never wanted to date him because I didn't want to run the risk of us falling in love and wanting to marry. My last name was problem enough, and I wouldn't have wanted to change it to his, and I certainly couldn't have hyphenated the 2 names.

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