My boyfriend and I were going to the theater. I dress up and put on his gift: a set of gold earrings and a necklace. Romantic, yeah.
By the end of the first act, my ears got hurt, by the end of the second act, my neck got covered in red spots and was itching terribly. And my boyfriend looked at me and innocently said, “I thought you were just joking about allergies to imitation jewelry, and that it would do.”
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