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'I'm Jealous of My Ex-BFF!'

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'I'm Jealous of My Ex-BFF!'

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Heather Havrilesky
Jul 26, 2022
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Untitled (Two Pears) (1921) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

I used to have this friend R, we became really close over the pandemic, we were both single and got along so well. She is really online and has mastered the art of the glossiest Instagram. I always felt aesthetically inferior to her yet knew my real life had substance — connections, friends, mea…

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