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Ask Polly: A Chilling Cautionary Tale About the Dangers of Getting Involved...
by Heather Havrilesky Dear Polly, Yesterday, I woke up to an email in my inbox with the subject "Uncontested Divorce Papers." I need to sign them and send them back to the lawyer, at which point...
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Ask Polly: I'm 33 And Single. What Am I Doing Wrong?
Hi Polly. I’m not really sure why I’m writing you. Actually I am. I need to feel ok with being single at 33 while still maintaining hope that I can find a solid, real, lasting relationship. Every time...
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Ask Polly: Will Our Class Differences Tear Us Apart?
Hi Polly. I’ve been with my current boyfriend for three years. We’re really great together—similar interests, senses of humor, great sex. I love him so much—the only issue is that of our respective...
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Ask Polly: How Do I Make My Boyfriend Listen?
Dear Polly, I want to know how I can make my boyfriend a better listener. It has happened several times that when I want to talk about something serious (the future, exes, fears, hopes, etc.) my...
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Ask Polly: Why Am I Deathly Afraid of Success?
Dear Polly, Love your column. Can I throw something at you? Apologies for being vague with certain details. I’m a 43-year-old woman who has spent my whole life in one industry, got pretty far, and then...
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Ask Polly: My Dad Died Unexpectedly And I Can't Get Over It
Hi Polly, Last year my father, who was 56, died suddenly of a heart aneurysm. He took me out for my 24th birthday dinner, and then two days later he was dead. I feel like the past months have been a...
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How to Write
I teach a Popular Criticism class to MFA students. I don’t actually have an MFA, but I am a professional, full-time writer who has been in this business for almost two decades, and I’ve written for a...
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Ask Polly: I Was Dumped After a Freak Accident and I Can't Move On
Dear Polly, I was with my husband for six years before I found out that he cheated on me with a co-worker—as well as classmates and women at bars. After I divorced him, we didn’t talk for almost six...
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Ask Polly: I Thought My Mother-in-Law Was Going to Kill Me at My Wedding
Dear Polly, How can I put away the fact that when I got married ~1.5 years ago, my now-estranged mother-in-law’s unchecked borderline personality disorder detracted from the whole event? I’m not a...
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Ask Polly: I Survived a Hard Life, But I Never Learned How to Be Normal
Hello Polly! I’m 23 and I feel like I’ve come a pretty long way already. I grew up in an abusive and poor-as-hell home; went to live on my own when I was fifteen; struggled with depression and a...
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Ask Polly: I Have a Perfect Life But My Insides Are Rotting
Dear Polly, I have sort of a backwards problem, in that the better things are going in my life, the worse I feel. I know a good bit, or think I do, about why this happens. My mother committed...
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Ask Polly: I Have Absolutely No Idea What I Need to Be Happy
Hi Polly. I don’t even know where to start, because for some reason I’m HORRIBLE at articulating my emotions. I feel like as soon as I have an “epiphany,” it only opens up the door to another warehouse...
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