'I Need More Recklessness in My Life!'
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Landscape: Grey and Pink (1979) by Helen Lundeberg Dear Polly, I recently did something really uncharacteristic — I slept with a married person. I am not reckless generally and I'm not interested in casual sex or pursuing people in relationships, so it was a shock. There was a fuck ton of alcohol involved. (I was secretly in love with her, so it wasn't like it was totally from nowhere, but I'm also reasonable and logical and moralistic to a fault, when sober. It's a one-night accident.) It was fun and thrilling in the moment, then fraught and sad for weeks after. We seem to be getting past…
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