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razzmatazz maroon point
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The year after graduating law school when I realized practic...
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Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly i...
hateful racy juggernaut tank
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2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the b...
puce hot locale
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what year is it rn
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Talented Dilemma Patrolman
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2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my p...
180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account
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How’s life now
\'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'
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every year is the shittiest year of my life so far
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plum aggressive native
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razzmatazz maroon point
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Already underrated
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Yellow Principal's Office
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thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty yea...
stimulating big-titted school
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many poeple are saying this
razzmatazz maroon point
  01/28/26
2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying at...
stubborn floppy lodge round eye
  01/28/26
2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now ...
razzmatazz maroon point
  01/28/26
ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw. in lat...
stubborn floppy lodge round eye
  01/28/26
Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their ...
180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account
  01/28/26
it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawye...
stubborn floppy lodge round eye
  01/28/26
Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude...
180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account
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cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler...
stubborn floppy lodge round eye
  01/28/26
Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an ...
180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account
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180, we beat the odds
stubborn floppy lodge round eye
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and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a
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Sick Nursing Home
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"oh. so you were just a loser then." *gary chuc...
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(never worked at a biglaw firm)
stubborn floppy lodge round eye
  01/28/26
regional large midlaw!!!
brass arousing house voyeur
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2023
Wonderful khaki den
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2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I ...
Violent hall
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Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about n...
Smoky flatulent cumskin
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Wonderful khaki den
  01/28/26
Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to l...
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Violent hall
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brindle resort
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i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out ...
Smoky flatulent cumskin
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I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out...
.,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.
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LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.
Violent hall
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2024
At-the-ready Therapy
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2013
Smoky flatulent cumskin
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Chrome high-end sweet tailpipe becky
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2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm...
brindle resort
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2024-ongoing
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2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thi...
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Mom was diagnosed with super aggressive cancer and died abou...
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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point



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Date: January 28th, 2026 10:59 AM
Author: galvanic translucent center

The year after graduating law school when I realized practicing law was torture and I was sentenced to life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626382)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: irradiated pungent turdskin address



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:15 AM
Author: hateful racy juggernaut tank

Off the top of my head, 2025 wasn't great and is certainly in the running

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626414)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: puce hot locale

2007 (freshman/soph year of college) was probably both the best and the worst. Mom dropped dead of pancreatic cancer and met most of the people who I'd now consider my friends, had a lot of fun doing college shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626416)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:19 AM
Author: plum aggressive native

what year is it rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Sick Nursing Home



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: Talented Dilemma Patrolman



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Date: January 28th, 2026 11:57 AM
Author: 180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account

2008? Was working $50K insurance defense law living in my parents basement while most of my Ls classmates had Biglaw and my local HS friends were well into their careers and I got dumped by my LS GF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626484)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: \'\"\"\'\'\'\"\"\'

How’s life now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49639234)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: odious mauve site regret

every year is the shittiest year of my life so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626491)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:06 PM
Author: plum aggressive native



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:08 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: Aromatic lavender business firm



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: plum aggressive native



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: irradiated pungent turdskin address

wow, thats messed up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49627490)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: poppy alcoholic wagecucks newt



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:56 PM
Author: brindle resort

Already underrated

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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: Comical Mustard Box Office



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:12 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:32 PM
Author: Yellow Principal's Office

tp

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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: stimulating big-titted school

thinking about this just made me realize how many shitty years i’ve had in my adult life, how shit my shit life has been, lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626514)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:34 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point

many poeple are saying this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626570)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:25 PM
Author: stubborn floppy lodge round eye

2006. graduated ls after not trying at all and not paying attention to how firms worked. i just went to ls because i had nothing better to do and i didn't try. i wrote on to law review but otherwise didn't try to get good grades.

realized how fucked i was after i graduated. bounced around between temp jobs at ID firms, i couldn;'t even get an ID job. i finally got one and the guy paid me $25 per BILLED hour and i was a contractor. i really thought i was life pwnd.

unbelievable that i eventually worked my way up to biglaw from that. but yeah, 2006-2007, either of those years could easily be the worst. by far.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626532)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point

2006-2008 was really fucking awful for me in retrospect now that i think about, cant beleive i didnt kms honestly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626561)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:38 PM
Author: stubborn floppy lodge round eye

ITE is indirectly the reason i wound up in biglaw.

in late 2007 i got a job with a solo who did L&E (primarily traditional labor) and happened to take to it. in 2009, we hired a law clerk who was a 2L who'd gotten an offer from a regional bmore firm but the offer was rescinded bc of ITE.

he worked for us a few months and we kept in touch. he wound up at a baltimore firm called miles & stockbridge - basically, regional midlaw. the solo had to lay me off bc he lost a big client at the end of 2011 and the law clerk got me in at miles. i went from there to jackson lewis (ttt L&E firm), and from there to baker hostetler, where i wound up making partner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626579)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 2:05 PM
Author: 180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account

Isn’t J&L well known and well thought of in their own sphere? It’s not true Milbank scale Biglaw but it’s not Lewis Brisbois either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626916)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:26 PM
Author: stubborn floppy lodge round eye

it is a solid L&E firm. the problem with it is the lawyers are hit and miss. some are really good like me, but some are borderline retarded.

they pay first years in NYC, DC, etc like 120k lol. what do you expect at that salary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628763)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: 180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account

Was in essentially the same spot. It’s a miracle dude we weren’t perma fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626562)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: stubborn floppy lodge round eye

cr. did you make it to biglaw? i wound up at baker hostetler, which is a shitty biglaw firm, but it's amazing i even made it there given that i was in literal shitlaw for a couple years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626564)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:47 PM
Author: 180 Organic Girlfriend Community Account

Eventually. Big break was an in-house job at a F50 that an adjunct professor I emailed recommended me for. Made contacts and got skills there and eventually did 5 years as a counsel/NEP at a lower tier V100 before going back in-house (at a fund now).

Not sure what the path is without that initial break. Definitely threw as much work as i could to the adjunct professor (who was a V20 Biglaw partner).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626850)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:50 PM
Author: stubborn floppy lodge round eye

180, we beat the odds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626860)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: razzmatazz maroon point

and then boom ITE, lol fuckin a

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626565)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: Sick Nursing Home



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: brass arousing house voyeur

"oh. so you were just a loser then."

*gary chuckles*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49627424)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: stubborn floppy lodge round eye

(never worked at a biglaw firm)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49627623)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: brass arousing house voyeur

regional large midlaw!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49627658)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 1:31 PM
Author: Wonderful khaki den

2023

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49626775)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: Violent hall

2011-2012. My whole biglaw setup exploded during ITE and I had to do a hard reset. Doing the hard reset was difficult but I was ok with hard work. There was a relatively short period when it seemed like it wasn't going to work. I had sent several thousand job apps (!!!) and never closed the deal. Then I did and things were fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49627418)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:03 PM
Author: Smoky flatulent cumskin

Who was that hilarious doc review poaster circa 2010 about not being allowed 2 slices of pizza for work lunch etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49627499)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:44 PM
Author: Wonderful khaki den

Slackfist Cumdumpster

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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: brindle resort

Those were some great threads. Any bort historians able to link them?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628650)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Smoky flatulent cumskin

Skadden Farts

https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1905801&mc=187&forum_id=2#20278379

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628706)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Violent hall



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628712)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: brindle resort

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628729)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: Smoky flatulent cumskin

i remember reading those for the first time. I had been out of law school like 10 months and quit my first job to start my solo firm. I was lying in bed (at my dad's house) reading those and was just like I have to fucking succeed at this or I'm going to kill myself working doc review

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628752)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:27 PM
Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,.


I was having a rough time then and those scared the shit out of me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49639487)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: Violent hall

LMAO, no things weren't that bad for me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628709)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 5:31 PM
Author: At-the-ready Therapy

2024

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49627669)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: Smoky flatulent cumskin

2013

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628643)



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Date: February 1st, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: joran tindersloot



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:01 PM
Author: Chrome high-end sweet tailpipe becky



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: brindle resort

2012. Grandpa died. Friend killed self. Started shitlaw firm 3 years into marriage and made like 15k all year, which did not go over well and was very embarrassing.

My dog turned 2 that year and was the only thing that kept me from abject despair. He'll be 16 this year and I would murder innumerable people to give him more life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628715)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:20 PM
Author: Bateful dragon toaster

2024-ongoing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628724)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:33 PM
Author: nighttime alcoholic menage

2025 for sure. Wife caught me cheating and it was a huge thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628818)



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Date: January 28th, 2026 8:34 PM
Author: Passionate School Cafeteria

Mom was diagnosed with super aggressive cancer and died about 8 weeks later. Went through a break up at the same time. Had a lot of support from family n friends but was by far the worst.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5827766&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49628832)