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This is the first time in over 6 years that Om is single. Why? "We need to talk..." At 13 he was shipped from Saudi Arabia to a military academy in Illinois. 
The rest of the students looked like the cast of gossip girl. He did not fit in, but he met a girl! She liked Om, and Om liked her back! At the end of senior year she started at Purdue, he went to Drexel. Long distance didn’t work. He texted her. “We need to talk” but she ended it with Om! Later Instagram announced she had a new boyfriend. Om threw himself into distractions, including a new girlfriend. Then COVID hit Ohm hard. This time Om received a text ‘we need to talk’ and she told him ‘we are done’ Om did not deal well with it. Om tried skydiving. When he got back he started dating a girl - is the one? Then she texted...

Ex-Files,  First Person Arts StorySlam
@UndergroundArts, February 14, 2023 

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First Person Arts is a Philly-based storytelling nonprofit organization. We depend on donations, sponsorships, and ticket sales to entertain, educate, and enlighten our community about the power of storytelling. We use the power of true, personal stories to connect Philadelphians to each other. Above all, we believe everyone has a story to tell, especially you!

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This is the first time in over 6 years that Om is single. Why? "We need to talk..." At 13 he was shipped from Saudi Arabia to a military academy in Illinois.
The rest of the students looked like the cast of gossip girl. He did not fit in, but he met a girl! She liked Om, and Om liked her back! At the end of senior year she started at Purdue, he went to Drexel. Long distance didn’t work. He texted her. “We need to talk” but she ended it with Om! Later Instagram announced she had a new boyfriend. Om threw himself into distractions, including a new girlfriend. Then COVID hit Ohm hard. This time Om received a text ‘we need to talk’ and she told him ‘we are done’ Om did not deal well with it. Om tried skydiving. When he got back he started dating a girl - is the one? Then she texted...

Ex-Files, First Person Arts StorySlam
@UndergroundArts, February 14, 2023

Join us for our next First Person Arts StorySlam: https://firstpersonarts.org/events/

Learn more about First Person Arts: https://firstpersonarts.org/

Connect with First Person Arts on social media: https://linktr.ee/firstpersonarts

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://firstpersonarts.org/subscribe/

First Person Arts is a Philly-based storytelling nonprofit organization. We depend on donations, sponsorships, and ticket sales to entertain, educate, and enlighten our community about the power of storytelling. We use the power of true, personal stories to connect Philadelphians to each other. Above all, we believe everyone has a story to tell, especially you!

#storytelling #PhillyStories #firstpersonarts #funthingstodo #competition #storyslam #storyprompts

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