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Melissa Smith's avatar

Omg tall bridges are my husband’s #1 fear and nightmare. I used to not get it but I totally do now. One of his coworkers had to dodge someone to not get hit and so accidentally drove over the edge of a bridge like this in Orlando and ended up becoming paralyzed for life. After that happened, I dreamt of the same scenario happening to me except I was falling to my death. Fucking scary.

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Ricardo Guzman Jr's avatar

CHEESE AND FUCKING CRACKERS. That is so horrible. Now my fear has grown. Its totally rational. Thank you for reading, Melissa. It means so much to me :D

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Melissa Smith's avatar

Yeah yea terrifying but we will survive 🥹

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Ellis Eden's avatar

Oh wow. Those are REALLY HIGH my dude. Super high. I don't mind heights and those would make me squirm. Mostly because I hate doing dangerous stuff with my kids in the car.

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Henry Allsebrook's avatar

Nice Eminem reference haha

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Ricardo Guzman Jr's avatar

Thank you haha. It's always a fun one to fit in.

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Misty Violet's avatar

Flyovers??? Doesn't it get windy out there on the flats? My stomach is turning just thinking about it

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Ricardo Guzman Jr's avatar

Yes! I don't even want to think about it!

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Gareth Marks's avatar

Sounds like roads in Texas are cut from the same cloth as Toronto. Terrifying indeed. I enjoyed reading your piece!

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Ricardo Guzman Jr's avatar

Thank you Gareth! Oh wow now I gotta look up the Toronto roads.

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Martin Garcia's avatar

San Antonio myself. I don't have a fear of them since I use them daily. My biggest concern is catching a flat.

Hope you and wifey are doing well!

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Ricardo Guzman Jr's avatar

Doing good here! Thank you for reading!

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David's avatar

Reading this unlocked a new fear in me. These things are abysmal, and this piece also helps paint just how abysmal US car culture is in general. I really enjoyed your mix of humor with trauma.

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