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That Time I Had My First New Year's Kiss

That Time I Had My First New Year's Kiss

And got drunk on whiskey and grapefruit juice. Welcome back to Cherry Picked!

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Iman Hariri-Kia
Jan 15, 2023
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They (who? No clue) say good things come in threes, and on December 31, 2010, that old proverb was put to the ultimate test. I was 15 years old, a sophomore in high school, and about to check off three of my big coming of age boxes, all in one night: my first new year’s party, my first midnight kiss, and my first time drinking alcohol in a social settin…

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