HeyJaredI Am Not Your Perfect Eldest Daughter
Parentification, perfectionism, and the pursuit of joy through art
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Of Interest: The American Divorcée's Guide to Paris (opens the original)
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"It's always going to be you." (opens the original)
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If you’ve ever gotten back together with someone after a long time apart, you know that it’s tricky. At first, you’re so shocked that it’s actually happening that all you can do is stare at each other in wonder and say, “Is this actually happening?” Up until you sent one fateful email, you were both planning entirely different futures with entirely different people and hadn’t thought of each other in a long time. (That’s a lie; you thought about each other—you just didn’t think this would happen
If you're going to blow up your life, go to Dublin (opens the original)
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If you’re ending your marriage of 22 years, then sure, fine: go to Paris. But if you’re also getting back together with your high school ex-boyfriend who lives in Ukraine, you will need to talk about it—and for that, you should go to Dublin.Before you go, you’ll book a room for five nights at the Iveagh Garden Hotel, which has air conditioning, excellent rooms, and a lovely bar with a beautiful garden terrace. On your first day, you’ll head straight to Iveagh Gardens, a gorgeous, hidden park enc
Of Interest: The Slippery World of Sweat Fetishes (opens the original)
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Growing Up Again at 40 (opens the original)
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