The French Woman by Garance Doré

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Do I Miss It?

Do I Miss It?

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Garance Doré
Dec 11, 2020
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The French Woman by Garance Doré
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Do I Miss It?
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Yeah, do I?

Do I miss my short hair?
YES, BUT NO.

I miss how easy going it was so so so so so so so so much.
I also miss how photogenic it was, and how many compliments I would constantly get.
There, I said it. I love a compliment. Ah!


But still. I feel this profound existential need for long hair, and the last time I didn’t listen to it and cut it all, I hated it and had to wait two years for it to grow back.


There is no logic to it, and I guess I am okay with that.

Do I miss New York?
NOT AT ALL.

I thought I’d miss it so much I’d have to regularly come back, but the truth is, I never miss it. I actually actively try to not go to New York. My friends had warned me: until you leave New York, you think it’s the center of the world and you wonder how other people, those not living in New York, do.


Then you leave, and you wonder why you had gotten so smug.


I still love the idea of New York, but I don’t miss it at all.

Do I miss being single?
I DO!

I miss being single!!!


I loved the powerful sense of fre…

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