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Speaker 6: She would say things like she likes you.

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Speaker 5: He began to hear how much I liked him at

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Speaker 6: He found out something very important. He found out that

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Speaker 5: So as we continued with our relationship, discovering things about

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Speaker 5: Went from hearing that I liked him to experiencing that

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Speaker 9: at Mentalhealthcoach dot org. That's mentalhealthcoach dot org.