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What does it mean to be "kind of a lot"?

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Virginia Chamlee
Nov 05, 2025
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One of my friends dated a guy who looked at my Instagram profile and told her, “That Virginia is …. kind of a lot.”

She told me this after she dumped him, by the way, which means he was kind of a lot, too — at least, for her. And even though I didn’t know him, and am a fervent advocate of not caring what other people think about you, it stung at first.

What does it mean to be “kind of a lot”? What am I “a lot” of?

I turned the idea over in my head, pondering what about my Instagram profile could make someone think that about me? I mostly talk about thrifting though, sure, there’s the occasional bikini photo. And sometimes I call people (men) out when they write nasty comments. Does that make me “a lot”?

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