Things I’ve Never Asked My Brothers About Growing Up in an Abusive Household, Being Adopted, and My Writing

Welcome to Things I’ve Never Asked! In this A+ series, we ask people we’re close to questions we genuinely don’t know the answers to! Here, Dani Janae interviews her brothers about their childhoods and shared memories, her being gay,  being adopted, what they think of her writing career, and more.

Dave, Dakota, and Dani in their freshest outfits
Dani: So, my first question is just what is your earliest memory with me?
Dave: We were standing at the front door getting ready to go out and I accidentally stepped on the back of your foot, like your shoe or your heel. And you turned around and didn't say anything. You just clawed my face. I was like AHHHH and started crying, so that was my first memory. Me and you were young when that ha...

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danijanae

Dani Janae is a poet and writer based out of Pittsburgh, PA. When she's not writing love poems for unavailable women, she's watching horror movies, hanging with her tarantula, and eating figs. Follow Dani Janae on Twitter and on Instagram.

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