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Oct 27, 2026 6:00 AM

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Dear Prudence,

I recently moved home after a bad patch and ended up striking up a relationship with the adult daughter of one of our neighbors, “Claire.” She is five years younger than me, so we didn’t have much to do with each other growing up, but her older sister, “Sarah,” was a different story.

Sarah was always awkward and intense as a kid.…