Help! I'm getting emails meant for someone who has the same name as me.

I am not the Jen Doll you're looking for

Would you open someone else's e-mail?
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Recently, I received an email from someone who thought they were getting in touch with Jen Doll. I am Jen Doll. But I was not the Jen Doll this emailer was looking for.

Jen Doll may not seem like a common name, but there are several other Jen Dolls who live across the country, one of whom actually goes to my dentist in New York City. There's another one who lives in California. There's one who lives in Michigan (I think). There's one who's a baby photographer. And there's the one this recent email was for. The sender appeared to be a doctor, I gleaned from the signature line. The rest of the email was incomprehensible, a string of words that meant nothing to me — because the email was not intended for me. I deleted it and forgot about it.

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Jen Doll

Jen Doll is the author of the memoir Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest. She's also the managing editor for Mental Floss magazine and has written for The Atlantic, Esquire, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Hairpin, New York magazine, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review The Village Voice, and other publications.