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November 2

A shared apartment kitchen, quiet and empty.

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We've been together for six years. Then I discovered his second Instagram account.

Six years, a shared apartment, a dog. And an account I wasn't supposed to find, following people I'd never heard of.

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Dating & Flirting

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Relationships & Psychology

Rehearsing arguments in your head makes you pick unnecessary fights

You are stopped at a red light three miles from home, gripping the steering wheel. In your head, your partner has just told you that you are overreacting. You answer with three examples from last month where they did the exact same thing. By the time the light turns green, they…

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Relationships & Psychology

Loving someone for their potential makes you resent who they are

It is three in the afternoon on a Saturday. Your partner is lying on the sofa in their grey sweatpants, scrolling through videos. They have been there since breakfast. You walk into the kitchen, wash a glass you did not use, and feel a sharp tightness in your chest. The anger…

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Relationships & Psychology

Picking fights when things are peaceful means calm feels dangerous

It is ten in the morning on a Sunday. You are both on the sofa, drinking coffee and reading, or scrolling through your phones. Nobody is running late. Nothing is broken. The week was hard, but it is finished, and the room is completely quiet.

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