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'Dating Is Making Me Doubt Myself!'

Sometimes men are so disappointing. But are my expectations too high?

Heather Havrilesky
Jun 03, 2020
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The Garden Parasol (1910) by Frederick Carl Frieseke

Dear Polly,

I’m a woman in my late twenties, and I recently started dating again after getting out of a serious relationship two years ago. It genuinely took me those full two years to heal, which seems to surprise people, but betrayal is hard to come back from. To be clear, it wasn't just that this guy…

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