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[travis armstrong]

_{mum sent me a bunch of pictures from a while ago. remember when i was prettier than you?}

[ivy westerveldt]

_{remember when i age like a fine wine and you hit your prime and will never get good looking with age?}

[travis armstrong]

_{i have not reached my prime yet.}

[ivy westerveldt]

_{you have though, and once you hit it the only way to go is down. which must be unfortunate.}

[travis armstrong]

_{when did i hit my prime? somewhat offended here.}

[ivy westerveldt]

_{a year before that picture was taken.}

[travis armstrong]

_{congrats on not being shallow then.}

[ivy westerveldt]

_{i am shallow. i just know the perks of being the hotter half in a relationship.}

[travis armstrong]

_{but if i am/was as ugly as you're claiming to be, those perks wouldn't have held up. you should see these photos though, we were the biggest losers.}

[ivy westerveldt]

_{they did hold up. i never called you ugly, i just said you hit your prime. that's embarrassing, throw them away.}

[travis armstrong]

_{i think i'll keep them, especially the ones where you dressed up as the spice girls.}

[ivy westerveldt]

_{you're just jealous that i was the best posh spice ever.}

[travis armstrong]

_{why would i be jealous? you were mine when you were the best posh spice of all time.}

[ivy westerveldt]

_{i don't know! because you're weird like that.}

[travis armstrong]

_{i'm relatively normal. do you want to see these photos?}