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The Year in Dealbreakers

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This year, I asked some of my favorite writers to reveal their broken relationships to the world. For our "Dealbreakers" series, they investigated factors that ended their previous romantic affairs, discussing rifts as serious as an ex's racist fetish and as absurd as a one-night-stand's sexy tampon request.

Everybody has at least one Dealbreaker story in them—the best ones prod at the psychological hangups of both the writer and their former loves. Writing them isn't easy. I interviewed eight of my favorite Dealbreaker writers about their experience baring their relationship history. Here's what happens when you hang out your dirty laundry—and your ex sees it.

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