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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Unrelated to]] ''Webcomic/IThinkILikeYou''.
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* BareYourMidriff: Carol knots her blouse to show her stomach, even though she gets in trouble with the teachers for it.
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* TeenPregnancy: Carol is already a grandmother by her late thirties, having gotten pregnant at sixteen.
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* WaxingLyrical: Bill writes Petra a love letter consisting of David Cassidy lyrics.
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* CelebrityResemblance: Bill is said to look like Creator/JeffBridges.
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* PosterGalleryBedroom: Molly has covered an entire wall of her bedroom with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. To Petra's annoyance, she uses Sellotape, which damages the paint.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Published in 2011, set in 1974 and 1998.
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-->Long after he had forgotten all of Tennyson and Keats, he would be able to give a confident rendition of "How Can I Be Sure."
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* CelebCrush: Molly is in love with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, but not nearly as desperately as Petra was with David Cassidy. Petra thinks it's because Molly is happier - she doesn't need to escape into celebrity fantasies, like Petra did.
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* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Petra is so sick of having her name compared to the dog from ''Series/BluePeter'' that when Bill says, "Petra as in the ''Blue Peter'' dog?" she says, "Petra as in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Schelm the Baader-Meinhof terrorist]]."
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Greta feels that she ha married below her station, and she never lets her husband forget it.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Greta feels that she ha has married below her station, and she never lets her husband forget it.
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* GrandparentFavoritism: Molly and Greta had the loving, uncomplicated relationship that Petra and Greta never did. After Greta's death, Molly is able to simply grieve, while Petra's grief is mixed with anger.
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* PrematureBirthDrama: Molly was born at twenty-nine weeks, and she and Petra spent about four months in the neonatal care unit. She needed steroid injections to make her lungs grow faster.
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, who is obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part is set in 1998 andfollows 38-year-old Petra, reeling from both the death of her mother Greta and her divorce from her husband Marcus, as she reunites with her old friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, who is obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part is set in 1998 andfollows and follows 38-year-old Petra, reeling from both the death of her mother Greta and her divorce from her husband Marcus, as she reunites with her old friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Petra, who comes from a working-class Welsh background, is attracted to cultured, unavailable, English men.
-->Where was the thrill in conquering those who wanted you? She couldn't see the point. Pain and joy braided tightly together, that was what Petra craved.
-->Where was the thrill in conquering those who wanted you? She couldn't see the point. Pain and joy braided tightly together, that was what Petra craved.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Greta feels that she ha married below her station, and she never lets her husband forget it.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Petra's thirteen-year-old daughter Molly constantly fights with her. Petra tells herself it's progress, as she was too scared to stand up to Greta at that age.
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* DisneylandDad: Marcus claims he's too broke to pay Petra's maintenance, which doesn't stop him from lavishing expensive treats on their thirteen-year-old daughter Molly.
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* DisneylandDad: Marcus claims he's too broke to pay Petra's maintenance, which doesn't stop him from lavishing expensive treats on their thirteen-year-old daughter Molly.
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* DisneyladnDad: Marcus claims he's too broke to pay Petra's maintenance, which doesn't stop him from lavishing expensive treats on their thirteen-year-old daughter Molly.
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* DisneyladnDad: DisneylandDad: Marcus claims he's too broke to pay Petra's maintenance, which doesn't stop him from lavishing expensive treats on their thirteen-year-old daughter Molly.
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* DisneyladnDad: Marcus claims he's too broke to pay Petra's maintenance, which doesn't stop him from lavishing expensive treats on their thirteen-year-old daughter Molly.
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, who is obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part follows 38-year-old Petra in 1998 as she reunites with her childhood friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, who is obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part follows is set in 1998 andfollows 38-year-old Petra in 1998 Petra, reeling from both the death of her mother Greta and her divorce from her husband Marcus, as she reunites with her childhood old friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, who is obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part follows 40-year-old Petra in 1998 as she reunites with her childhood friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, who is obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part follows 40-year-old 38-year-old Petra in 1998 as she reunites with her childhood friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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* GoToYourRoom: Petra's mom punishes her for sneaking off to the David Cassidy concert by shutting her in her room for three days and leaving food outside on a tray.
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* TearsOfJoy: Sharon cries at the David Cassidy concert.
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* TearsOfJoy: Sharon cries at the David Cassidy concert.
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* TitledAfterTheSong: After ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'''s only number-one hit.
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* TearsOfJoy: Sharon cries at the David Cassidy concert.
* TitledAfterTheSong: After ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'''s only number-one US hit.
* TitledAfterTheSong: After ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'''s only number-one US hit.
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* YourMakeupIsRunning: On the day of the concert, Sharon wears mascara for the first time in her life. She cries when she hears that Petra entered Gillian as her partner for the David Cassidy Quiz instead of Sharon, making her look like a baby playing with charcoal.
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* EarWorm: To Bill's annoyance, he finds himself unable to get the songs out of his head, singing them to himself even when he's off work. He tries to hide this fact from his girlfriend, who thinks he works as a serious rock critic.
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* EarWorm: To Bill's annoyance, he finds himself unable to get the songs out of his head, singing them to himself even when he's off work. He tries to hide this fact from his girlfriend, who thinks he works as a serious rock critic.journalist.
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* EarWorm: To Bill's annoyance, he finds himself unable to get the songs out of his head, singing them to himself even when he's off work. He tries to hide this fact from his girlfriend, who thinks he works as a serious rock critic.
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* BareYourMidriff: AlphaBitch Gillian knots her blouse to show her stomach, even though she gets in trouble with the teachers for it.
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* BareYourMidriff: AlphaBitch Gillian Carol knots her blouse to show her stomach, even though she gets in trouble with the teachers for it.
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* NewMediaAreEvil: Petra's mother believes that if you watch TV for long enough, television rays will destroy all your organs.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Bill's first reaction to Cassidy's picture is "She's not my type."
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, a thirteen-year-old girl who is obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part follows forty-year-old 40-year-old Petra in 1998 as she reunites with her childhood friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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''I Think I Love You'' is a novel by Allison Pearson, told in two parts. The first is set in 1974 and follows 13-year-old Petra, a thirteen-year-old girl obsessed with Creator/DavidCassidy, and Bill Finn, who has a job he hates writing "David's" letters for ''The Essential David Cassidy Magazine''. The second part follows forty-year-old Petra in 1998 as she reunites with her childhood friend Sharon and travels to Las Vegas to meet her teen idol.
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!!''I Think I Love You'' contains examples of:
* CommonalityConnection: Petra and Sharon's friendship is based on their shared obsession with David Cassidy.
* TitledAfterTheSong: After ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'''s only number-one hit.
* UnwantedGlassesPlot: Petra only wears glasses in school for the blackboard, even though she's BlindWithoutEm and has gotten in trouble by smiling at strangers before.
* YokoOhNo: Sharon's mom hates Linda [=McCartney=] for marrying Paul because "He was mine, you see."
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!!''I Think I Love You'' contains examples of:
* CommonalityConnection: Petra and Sharon's friendship is based on their shared obsession with David Cassidy.
* TitledAfterTheSong: After ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'''s only number-one hit.
* UnwantedGlassesPlot: Petra only wears glasses in school for the blackboard, even though she's BlindWithoutEm and has gotten in trouble by smiling at strangers before.
* YokoOhNo: Sharon's mom hates Linda [=McCartney=] for marrying Paul because "He was mine, you see."
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