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Georgian Courtship: love and marriage in 18th-century England

You're Dead to Me

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The Next Stage of Georgian Dating

"I want a full essay of like, these are the things I'm afraid of. This is what I get stressed about," she says. "Not just your tits, the entire body... And go, oh, right, I'll talk to you." The author studied one guy who he offers this woman sweets and she accepts them. She puts her head down and walks past him on the other side of the street next day. He might sort of open it by offering her some gifts to see how interested she is or if they're received.

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