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'I Want Him Back!'

Sometimes wanting way too much is your downfall. Other times, it's your superpower.

Heather Havrilesky
Dec 15, 2021
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Sunrise (1916) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

I have been dumped by my live-in boyfriend. I think I know, if you were to reply me, how you would reply me, so perhaps it’s another one of those screaming into the abyss situations, but I don’t care. 

I’m a successful immigrant living in London. I am proud of how I got to where I am, a combination of supporti…

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