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Ask Polly: Give Me One Reason Why I Shouldn't Cheat On My Wife
by Heather Havrilesky Polly, I'm a new reader and dig your crazy no-bullshit advice. But I'm writing not so much for advice, but to throw down the gauntlet. My understanding is that always ends well....
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Ask Polly: I'm Almost 30 And I'm Terrified Of Losing My Looks
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, I’m a woman who will soon be 30. I am terrified of watching my physical beauty deteriorate over the next decade. I’m conventionally attractive. I don’t believe that...
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Ask Polly: Should I Give My Commitment-Phobic Boyfriend An Ultimatum?
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, Is it possible for someone to have commitmentphobia while simultaneously professing enthusiasm for commitment—all while not doing much about commitment, either way?...
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Ask Polly: Should I Give In And Be The Other Woman?
by Heather Havrilesky Appearing here Wednesdays, Turning The Screw provides existential crisis counseling for the faint of heart. Because you can't always do who you want. Dear Polly, I am catnip for...
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Ask Polly: I'm a Drunk And No One Likes Me!
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, I'm 24 and female. I graduated last year and moved to New York City and I'm hopelessly single with no real friends. I know, pretty original. I've been here for a...
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Ask Polly: My Great Job At A Top International News Publication Sucks Ass!
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, I’m in my mid-20s, two years out of school, with a seemingly dreamy job at big fancy news organization, but I feel so stuck. I feel like a hamster spinning my wheel...
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Ask Polly: My Best Friend Keeps Recruiting Me To Join Her Multi-Level...
by Heather Havrilesky Hi Polly, Over the past several years, my best friend and I have remained close through some huge life changes. I made the decision to get a divorce from my abusive spouse and...
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Ask Polly: I Feel Bitter About All Of My Exes And I Can't Get Over It!
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, I'm a 32-year-old single woman. I love my life—my friends, my job, the city in which I live. I have a creative outlet and I exercise and I have a lot of passion for...
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Ask Polly: My Best Friend Is A Lunatic Who Owes Me An Apology!
by Heather Havrilesky Polly, I’m part of a three-way best friendship between two ladies who complete me. B is a fastidious, engaging, honest lunatic and L is a messy, cuddly, gregarious, drunken,...
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Ask Polly: I Feel Violently Ambivalent About My Boyfriend… So Should We Get...
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, My ex and I broke up nearly a year ago, after five years together. It was mutual, yet for different reasons: he was depressed with and questioning his life choices,...
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Ask Polly: Am I Just A Booty Call?
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, When is it too soon for an ultimatum? What is a good sign to leave something that's showing complications? Although it is early, I have been seeing this guy for...
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Ask Polly: I'm Dating A Girl, But I'm Falling In Love With a Man!
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, I am a 23-year-old queer girl who has spent the last yearish in a polyamorous relationship that recently turned long-distance. When we first started sleeping together...
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Customers Who Didn't Buy The "Breaking Bad" Finale Also Didn't Buy…
by Heather Havrilesky 1. Birth: Anticlimactic. Suspense building for nine months, and for what? A dark, messy and not all that joyful resolution. And who really believes that the "Husband" would...
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Ask Polly: Help, Our Friend Is Marrying An Evil Harpy!
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, My boyfriend's longtime friend, who is also my friend, is getting married to a woman we dislike. And by dislike, I mean, good Lord we think he's getting himself into...
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Ask Polly: These Tortured Intellectual Boys Are Torturing Me!
by Heather Havrilesky Polly, I'm a 26 year-old woman living in a big city. I've been in 3 serious relationships. The last one—the big one, the one that broke my heart and my soul and almost made me...
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5 Quick & Easy Ways to Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem
by Heather Havrilesky We all want confident children, but research indicates that effusive parental praise can backfire. In one study, 80% of kids describe their parents' compliments as "not really...
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Ask Polly: How Do I Find True Love And Stop Dating Half-Assed Men?
by Heather Havrilesky Polly, My question is a simple and boring one: How do I find love? And, more importantly, how to I cultivate self-esteem? I'm in my late 20's, and I tend to get into...
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Ask Polly: I'm 40 And No Man Would Want Me Now!
by Heather Havrilesky Hi Polly, So, I was dating someone long distance (YES I KNOW). Though I thought it was going well, he ended it—and now I’m not sure if it’s good for me to be friends with him...
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Ask Polly: We Had The Best Sex Ever, But He Won't Be Mine!
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, I'm at a point in my life (24 years and a month, to be exact) where I'm finally slipping out from my romantic ideas of the world and starting to accept hard facts....
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Ask Polly: Help, I'm The Loneliest Person In The World!
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, Let's start this off originally, to match the unique snowflake that I am: I'm an extremely socially handicapped lady, 25 years of age, with just a handful (maybe 3 at...
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