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HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.1.min.js"></script>
<div class="categoriesPage">
  <div class="categoryBox">
    <a href="" class="textBox">Lorem</a>
  </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$(".categoriesPage .categoryBox .textBox").attr("data-count", "0");
$(".categoriesPage .categoryBox .textBox").on("click", function(){

    var clickCount = $(this).attr("data-count");
    clickCount ++;
    if (clickCount == 1) {
      $(this).attr("data-count", clickCount);
      return false;
    } else {
      return true;
    }
});