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News & Current Events Apr 8, 2026 at 1:37 AM

'Mormon Wives' star Taylor Frankie Paul can't have unsupervised visits with toddler son, court rules

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'Mormon Wives' star Taylor Frankie Paul can't have unsupervised visits with toddler son, court rules
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'Mormon Wives' star Taylor Frankie Paul can't have unsupervised visits with toddler son, court rules
A Utah court commissioner says Taylor Frankie Paul, star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” can't have unsupervised time with her 2-year-old son.
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sec713 3 days ago +1368
Another person who everything I know about them, I've learned against my will. Can y'all (whoever keeps making people like this famous) stop putting trash on pedestals, please?
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Elbit_Curt_Sedni 3 days ago +141
Right, but then how are they going to get clicks?
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tyme 3 days ago +67
They get clicks because people choose to click. I know people who watch these kinds of shows. More than one has openly admitted they watch them because it makes them feel better about themselves. It’s a poor, and often detrimental, replacement for therapy.
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Kapowpow 3 days ago +8
Does this person know that all reality tv is scripted? As in, the “actors” are told how to act, just not precisely what to say. And, everything is edited after the fact to fit the producers’ narrative du jour.
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tyme 3 days ago +8
Yes. They don’t care.
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sec713 3 days ago +17
I think the real reasoning behind programming like this is to condition the public to be content with living a mediocre, unfulfilling lives. People see stuff like this and some think, "well my life doesn't seem so bad now", when in fact it is.
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tyme 3 days ago +25
I’m more inclined to think the content creators realized people liked this kinda stuff, and started pumping it out. It’s not some grand conspiracy to keep us docile, it’s just content creators reactor to trends - as they’ve always done.
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Blurby-Blurbyblurb 3 days ago +4
It's this because of schadenfreud. I think you're both right, though not so much in the planning to dumb down society. It happens and then it's exploited. Imo. A lot of people need therapy, but this is more often on par with watching a scary movie when you're emotionally numbed out due to intense stress or depression. That's also something I do. When I'm so spent emotionally and need a distraction, I usually go for a psychological thriller or horror movie. It's more common than people think. There's nothing wrong with it, so long as it's not be used as avoidance, or keeping you in a unhealthy mindset. If it's nothing more than a way to distract and recharge, then they ok and people shouldn't be made to feel like their less than for it. Or, that if you do this on occasion it means you're in denial of needing therapy. 🙄
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tyme 3 days ago +2
>There's nothing wrong with it, so long as it's not be used as avoidance, or keeping you in an unhealthy mindset. If it's nothing more than a way to distract and recharge, then they ok… Fair point.
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sec713 3 days ago +4
True. This isn't some new thing either. I've been making similar comments since the days of Phil Donahue.
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flamepanther 3 days ago
It can be both. The CIA has funded art, for instance. They don't tell the artists what to make, but they do choose what to fund. As for TV, I'm sure the shareholders playing Monopoly with the major media companies mostly want to make money, but I'm also sure they have opinions about the kind of messaging they want to promote.
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Elbit_Curt_Sedni 3 days ago +1
Right, and thus, it generates 'clicks' which generates revenue. That's why it's done.
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jackrabbit323 3 days ago +1
How are they going to be purposely distracted from everything going on in the world?
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Remarkable-Bug-8069 3 days ago +1
Install a taxi meter on the bed / O******* account could be an idea.
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gnatgirl 3 days ago +20
For real. I left Utah because I was tired of the Mormon religion dominating everything there. I still can't escape hearing about them because all these weird-ass reality shows keep fetishizing a terrible, patriarchal cult.
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Ohuigin 3 days ago +37
Reminds me of one of my all time favorite bumper stickers - *Stop making stupid people famous* Wise words that if heeded, would have created a wildly different world than the one we have now where a senile old racist bombs people to distract from the fact that he raped children.
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I_dont_bone_goats 3 days ago +25
So my girlfriend is really into Mormon wives and always tells me about the situation, I generally feel the same way. I will say that rarely, I will be like “damn that’s actually crazy🍿”
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Occupiedlock 3 days ago +6
Isildur: No.
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TheModWhoShaggedMe 3 days ago +6
Society went down this path 25 years ago when it decided watching sleazy reality shows was sufficient entertainment worthy of their time. Humans can be very simple creatures.
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thecalmingcollection 3 days ago +14
Humans used to watch gladiators fight to death. We’ve never been that evolved. 
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TheModWhoShaggedMe 3 days ago +2
True, being natural followers and lame is not a recent phenomenon. Sadly, we have so many improved options *from reality stank* for entertainment at our fingertips compared to civilizations past and people still choose the base content.
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MentalSky_ 3 days ago +1
Gladiators died and became less relevant. You didn't have to deal with them for 20 years
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MentalSky_ 3 days ago +6
I blame survivor and Mark Burnett for everything. F***** made Trump relevant after he finally faded away when Oprah stopped her show F*** i blame Oprah for a lot of evil
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Vynaeriak 3 days ago +4
You're assuming that it's people upvoting this slop and pushing it to everyone's feeds; AI/bots are always contributing towards promoting current "show/movie/tiktok trend/YouTube shorts/wtv the f***" if it means getting our corporate overlords even a penny more per click or view.
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immersemeinnature 3 days ago +2
You, my friend, are part of the problem. You watched it.
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ThePensiveE 3 days ago +4
70+ million morons elected one, so no.
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coolest35 3 days ago +2
Whole ass country full of brain dead people following these folk and making them famous. Worst part of the new age, literally anyone can get a platform for any reason.
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captain_joe6 3 days ago +1
At least you probably learned recently about why it’s dangerous to name streets and schools and things after ~~some~~ ~~most~~ probably all people…
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WhateverYouSay1084 3 days ago
My husband actually asked me about this woman today like he thought I would have all the tea 😭 I might follow tradwives but the ones I follow are definitely not this insane
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StrangeCharmQuark 3 days ago +12
They’re barely tradwives, too. I was interested because I wanted to see some petty church lady drama, like ooh Dorene didn’t bring a side to Betsy’s potluck” but nah it’s just the same old trash as Real Housewives but everyone’s pretending to be better than everyone else
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WhateverYouSay1084 3 days ago -1
Yeah I prefer the ones who actually think they're tradwives and don't just fake it for the cameras, like Jill Rodrigues and her myriad offspring. Also Paul and Morgan Olliges who are truly having a moment online.
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SeniorPuddykin 3 days ago
I once had a wet dream, on the top bunk of a 6 bed train car, during a 12 hour ride across China, and had to sneak down to the bathroom to throw away my undies. Now you’ve learned something about me against your will.
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_bessica_ 3 days ago
I honestly don't know how you can consider a reality tv person put on a pedestal. Their entire claim to fame is being so outrageous it's entertaining to watch them live their life.
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73maxwell 3 days ago
It’s not a pedestal, SLoMW is great because it’s breathtaking in the same way as a dumpster fire or train wreck. It’s absolute garbage but I love it. It’s the equivalent of eating a FatShack sandwich. There’s no part of it that’s good for me but I can enjoy it when I want something trashy.
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wartopuk 3 days ago +1
You should never want anything trashy. You don't enjoy it when you want something trashy, you just have bad taste. People need to stop with this 'guilty pleasure' mentality and own their poor decisions and taste.
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browsingtheproduce 3 days ago +229
What if she promises to keep all of the furniture in a different room?
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OwnerOfCat 3 days ago +29
A padded cell might not be the worst thing…
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tx_trawler_trash 3 days ago +51
what the f*** is mormom wives, you know, nevermind.
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WafflesAreLove 3 days ago +13
Trashy TV
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PumpkinPieIsGreat 3 days ago +2
I've never watched any of these wives shows. Don't see the appeal at all.
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Oceanbreeze871 3 days ago +132
I was told she’s all “Traditional Family values” tho
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EagleForty 3 days ago +72
They're the least-Mormon Mormons I've ever seen. Why the Church of Latter Day Saints hasn't excommunicated several of them already is mind-boggling.
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MeowMixxx420 3 days ago +62
Because the church benefits from Mormonism being in the mainstream
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Hashshinobi1 3 days ago +1
& I imagine they get their 10% of their income
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Deodorized 3 days ago +51
Makes more sense when you realize it's always about the money, not the "values".
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IrishPigs 3 days ago +10
My partner watches real housewives of Salt Lake and it blows my mind they still call themselves mormans.
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A_Queer_Owl 3 days ago +3
mormons are by and large massive hypocrites from what I've seen.
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amethystwyvern 3 days ago +1
Mormons are the reason dirty sodas are a thing.
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airfryerfuntime 3 days ago -4
Most of these people aren't even LDS, they're various different flavors of FLDS, so the church excommunicating then wouldn't really mean anything, but it's not like they do that much in the first place.
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fightingfish18 3 days ago +15
This is not an FLDS one you're thinking of Sister Wives. Most of the girls on this show are openly talking about being non practicing or leaving the church
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Sisajgasad 3 days ago +2
Sister Wives aren’t flds either- they’re a part of the AUB
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Extra_Box8936 3 days ago +1
lol losers. Couldn’t make it to the MIB like me ig
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browsingtheproduce 3 days ago +19
Battering your own children is a historically rooted tradition.
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Scared-Hope-868 3 days ago +157
From what I've seen, few mormon wives should have unsupervised visitation. They all seem a bit off.
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Fair_Blood3176 3 days ago +110
Most if not all of these Mormon wives are NOT devout Mormons. Otherwise they wouldn't be wearing the stuff those women wear because they're secret underwear would be showing. That's a big no no. This show is a form of "white washing" for Mormonism. edit: NOT devout* sorry
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chamullerousa 3 days ago +27
“White washing”? More like “trash canning”. Who would want to be affiliated with these sleazy abusive people on this show?
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Fair_Blood3176 3 days ago +30
It's an attempt to "normalize" outsiders view of Mormonism with the rest of society. To make it seem like Mormonsim isn't as serious of an organization than it really is. IMO at least.🤷‍♂️
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chamullerousa 3 days ago +8
Nothing about the people on the show is normal and no Mormon wants any affiliation with them or their behavior.
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murrtrip 3 days ago -3
lol- it’s not an attempt at anything. They aren’t “saying” anything with this garbage. They just discovered these women are like a lot of other reality Tv stars and will do anything for attention. That means money. Full stop.
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kinkyslc1 3 days ago +68
Welcome to Utah.
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EddieCheddar88 3 days ago +19
Dating there as a non Mormon must be a nightmare
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Mike_smith97 3 days ago +30
It's kind of a culture war in SLC. You're either super Mormon or super anti-Mormon. It's becoming less and less Mormon over time. Outside Salt Lake County though, I agree with you.
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gnatgirl 3 days ago +15
When I lived there I would not date someone if they were a former Mormon. Too much baggage.
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FuckStummies 3 days ago +18
They named their son, Ever? That is child abuse.
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ww3patton 3 days ago +76
Probably the only “real” consequence she’ll have.
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OutOfOfficeDays 3 days ago +10
Couldn’t have happened to a worse person
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Oceanbreeze871 3 days ago +32
She’s all Hopped up on Mountain dew
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Additional-Tax-5562 3 days ago +43
what the hell happened
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BigBoySky 3 days ago +161
She’s an abusive spouse. She’s been Convicted and recent videos show her throwing a chair, that made contact with the kid. She should have lost custody rights well before this. Hell I think the record of Domestic violence was known before she even appeared or Mormon wives, and even was a plot point
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SavathunTechQuestion 3 days ago +6
Yes and she was scheduled to be this season's Bachelorette (full season filmed and everything) before video became public of her throwing furniture at her ex-partner with their child in the room. So that season is canceled and ABC network is out a bunch of money, which is schadenfreude considering that the show does background checks before picking the star that would have revealed information about this incident from 2023. https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5754587/bachelorette-canceled-taylor-frankie-paul-mormon-wives
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Subietoy78 3 days ago +11
to be fair, and im not excusing the violence or chair throwing, her BF is a total piece of shit too
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Corgi_Koala 3 days ago +34
Being consistently unfaithful isn't an excuse to throw a chair at someone and hit a kid.
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Subietoy78 3 days ago -14
Well he locked her in the garage first but no one wants to talk about that.
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Opening-Calendar3421 3 days ago +10
Still doesn't excuse her throwing 3 chairs and hitting her kid
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Frosty_Self_1818 3 days ago -3
Don't victim blame, it's a bad look
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libbillama 3 days ago +4
I'm two or three degrees separated from him and I've been told he's an a****** with enabling parents. And I was told this before the first season aired.
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CarrieDurst 3 days ago +2
No such thing as a perfect victim
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Shadpool 3 days ago +66
She beat on her boyfriend, throwing furniture, hit her kid in the process, and didn’t care. The guy got all of it on video.
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KnotSoSalty 3 days ago -18
Yeah, but then they got back together…? Explain that one.
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omegadirectory 3 days ago +40
He wouldn't be the first battered spouse to take their abuser back, sadly
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Bubbly_Wubbly_ 3 days ago +40
Takes an average of seven tries to leave an abusive relationship.
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gopaloo 3 days ago +4
Is that actually true? That's kinda fascinating, but sadly lines up in my situation lol
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JustADutchRudder 3 days ago
Gotta get them all outta the way in 7 mins, like a speed run of were done, we're back together. Then #7 you just start running while peeing.
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ratpride 3 days ago +1
Is the peeing necessary
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Deranged40 3 days ago
Much more if both sides contribute equally to being a shitty abusive person.
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coolpapa2282 3 days ago +8
They are both incredibly toxic people. They deserve each other, but it sucks there are kids involved.
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Pinklady777 3 days ago +3
Got back together and decided to have a kid together. They did not have a kid together at the time of the incident.
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Ibewye 3 days ago +2
When ya have 12 wives what’s one crazy one…
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Jagermeister4 3 days ago -7
It just means the boyfriend is also trashy. A decent human being would know child abuse is a deal breaker
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bbb26782 3 days ago +2
Domestic Violence conviction
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groundsgonesour 3 days ago +6
So, has she already started the rightwing media circuit?
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CrustedTesticle 3 days ago +15
Why is this news? Why should anyone give a shit
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pete_68 3 days ago +11
Back in the day, all I had to do was not watch the channel. What do I need to do to not ever hear anything about Mormon Wives or Real Wives of Dipshitville? I mean, can I just get the version of life without that garbage?
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Draco149_87 3 days ago +5
Especially in a room with chairs she can throw. Don’t forget about the chairs.
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BruhItsBritt 3 days ago +8
celebs n "reality" stars keep speedrunning life mistakes smh
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Big_Ebb_3428 3 days ago +5
As it should be. She’s extremely unstable and thus far has taken zero accountability
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SubstantialPressure3 3 days ago +3
I have never heard of this woman before, and now I regret that I have.
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InSearchOfTyrael 3 days ago +2
news must be really slow today
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O-parker 3 days ago +4
Just a model wife any man would be proud of 😂
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T__T__ 3 days ago +12
She can still be a trophy wife, not all trophies are 1st place
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O-parker 3 days ago +1
True and not everybody gets one . In this case ..thankfully .
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EStewart57 3 days ago -3
Non-Mormom but here to learn. How can she go sleevless？
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