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"Anti-recycler wants respect from partner on trash worldview"

Oh boy...

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Rachel Wildavsky
Mar 31, 2024
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Original column: Carolyn Hax, March 28 2024.

My take: The letter is unusually short. The LW and her partner are moving in together. He wants to recycle, she doesn’t, and they can’t work it out. She wants advice.

Carolyn responds in four words, one of which is “freaking.”

The LW tries again, requesting a more useful answer. This time she adds that her pa…

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