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‘I’m Married With Kids But I’m Obsessed With My Hot, Successful Ex!”

It’s natural to wonder about the paths you didn’t take.

Heather Havrilesky
May 19, 2025
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Family (1976), Dorothea Tanning

Hi Polly.

I am hoping you can help me release myself from a current loop of shame that I am really struggling with. I have loved your columns over the years and read them earnestly and apply the messages to my life with abandon. So, thank you.

On the surface I have a very happy and nice life. I have a great husband, three yo…

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