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Kurt and I talked on the phone often and it wasn't strange for him to call and say, "Tell me a story." or "What's new?" Roughly 20 minutes into my story I'd sometimes hear him relax into a long exhale, "Oh, thank god. Negative," he'd say, revealing that he'd called because he was currently at the clinic getting tested for HIV and needed a familiar voice to distract him for the 20-minute chasm between his blood being drawn and hearing his results. Sometimes we'd segue into a full, regular conversation. Other times, we'd just say good bye and continue our separate days. People don't always call because they want to talk.
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Tell me about a welcome distraction. Maybe everyone on the corporate triathlon team just happens to be going through a breakup. Maybe when you close the news you open the case of Thin Mints below your bed. Maybe Missy's Under Construction was playing in the background for every term paper you wrote. Either way, write what the diversion is and then what it was stealing attention from.
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