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‘My Cheating Boyfriend Kept Cheating’

We were in therapy! He pledged his devotion!

Heather Havrilesky
Sep 09, 2020
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Man at Table (1911) by Marc Chagall

Polly,

I am writing to you less than eight weeks after I sent you “Want to Stay.” I noticed you did a follow-up letter with the same person recently and I thought that was really cool and nice. I also thought it was kind of annoying that the writer wrote to you again, but now I understand that desperation and I’m also b…

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