'Should I Reunite with My Cheating Ex?'

A people pleaser embraces radical honesty.

Sunset (1900) by Felix Vallotton

Dear Polly,

I wanted to write pleasantries and then I realized that was because I was people pleasing and the whole premise of this letter is to share how I am no longer a people pleaser so aha! No pleasantries for you!

In all seriousness, I grew up with a pushover mother and an abusive father. I watched my mother walk on e…