You can't. What part of five minutes and in perpetuity is confusing you? Who you have been is still part of who you are and your new boyfriend should just learn to deal with it.
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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.