'No One Compares to My Sexy Ex'
When you condemn your truest desires, you become numb to the world.
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Glass and Shells (1990) by Janet Fish
Dear Polly,
I feel like everyone is withholding the truth from me. What are they withholding? The truth that everyone settles for the partner that they marry.
I believe this lie because I can’t seem to get over a man who broke my heart. We met three years ago, and it was as if he was sculpted for me: smart, sexy, cha…