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What It Means When Straight Girls 'Marry'

Decoding today's teenage love vocabulary is a difficult task

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 6, 2010 11:31 AM CST

(Newser) – A generation ago, gay teens hid their sexual orientation from everyone around them—now, straight girls “marry” each other on Facebook and write each other love poems, while parents struggle to catch up with the language of today’s love. “Was there a... Read full story »

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