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‘Why Do I Always Have a Crush on Someone?’

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Sometimes it doesn’t pay to intellectualize our very basic need for connection.

The Cut’s advice columnist Heather Havrilesky answers readers’ questions about how to be in the world. Got a question for Polly? Email askpolly@nymag.com . Photo: Dave Kursten/Getty Images/500px Dear Polly, I am 27 years old and recently ended a two-year relationship, my first long-term “adult” one that ran its course. It was a wonderful relationship and a mature, loving breakup . Before I met him, I thought I would never be “loved in that way.” Now, I don’t believe that’s true. During the last month of our relationship, we were long distance and open. I chance met a guy through a friend and e

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