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Cruelty Isn't Clarity

Cruelty Isn't Clarity

one more thought about marriage, and then I promise I'll shut up about it

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Dec 29, 2021
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Heather Havrilesky, who used to be the advice columnist for The Awl, wrote an article for the NYT about hating her husband. I think she intended it to be an article about the ambivalence of a long committed relationship, but that definitely isn’t how the social media echo chamber took it, and on this one, I’m with the social media echo chamber. I like H…

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