And no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't reach around to clean my back.

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No matter how hard I tried to get close to her, I felt like a distant relative.

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This followed me to college where no matter how hard I tried, I never quite fit in with any group.

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"It used to be that my Mom had no idea what kind of law I was interested in, no matter how many times I tried to explain it, " she says.

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