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'My Boyfriend's Bad Grammar Makes Me Feel Like a Snob!'

It's hard to let love in when you're a perfectionist.

Heather Havrilesky
Oct 28, 2020
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I See Again in Memory My Dear Udnie (1914) by Francis Picabia

Dear Polly,

Four years ago, I went through a breakup that shattered me. The relationship was less than a year long but ended suddenly when things seemed to be going well. I was left completely disoriented, and it took me an embarrassingly long time to get over it. It’s the reason I started ther…

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