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Small-town loyalty that slaughtered him

told by Tyler Dorchester

In a small community you can't cut anyone off; they'll be at your cousin's wedding and at school the next day. Tyler entered the wider world extremely loyal and sentimental, unwilling to cut anyone loose, and it hurt him badly.

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