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'My Open Marriage Is Killing Me!'

Two words: Get out.

Heather Havrilesky
Jan 28, 2026
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The girls of Avignon (1907), Pablo Picasso

Dear Polly,

I have pored over your column since the beginning. I often find myself reading your last line and saying aloud, in open-mouthed awe: “That’s fucking GENIUS.”

(To quote Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona: “… I said genius, … ge-nius…”)

And I genuinely mean that. Where else can we source real, sou…

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