“My personal experience grappling with these questions is limited, but during the four years when my current boyfriend and I were broken up, I remember swallowing jealousy the size of a softball at the mere thought of him being with someone else, much less posting about it on Instagram. Then again, I never seriously dated anyone else in that interim period, nor did I (at the time) achieve the worthy goal of learning how to be truly content on my own.”

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