The next day, my boyfriend explained the plot of a TV show we had been watching when I fell asleep. He said, “When characters on TV have emotional needs, that means they’re weak and will lose in business.” His theory was people could either be successful and heartless or emotionally complex and doomed to failure. When we met, he had been living with ano…
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