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Four words. That’s all it takes. Maybe they came in the kitchen after dinner. Maybe in the car, both of you staring straight ahead at the road. Maybe in a text you have now read fifty times, looking for something in it you missed. And since then you’ve been lying awake next to someone you’ve […]

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Four words. That’s all it takes. Maybe they came in the kitchen after dinner. Maybe in the car, both of you staring straight ahead at the road. Maybe in a text you have now read fifty times, looking for something in it you missed. And since then you’ve been lying awake next to someone you’ve […]

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Four words. That’s all it takes. Maybe they came in the kitchen after dinner. Maybe in the car, both of you staring straight ahead at the road. Maybe in a text you have now read fifty times, looking for something in it you missed. And since then you’ve been lying awake next to someone you’ve […]

#280: What to Do When Your Partner Says They Need Space

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It starts over nothing. The dishwasher, maybe. A tone of voice. A look. And in about the time it takes to read this sentence, it’s not about the dishwasher anymore. Your heart is pounding, their voice is rising, and both of you are saying things that have nothing to do with tonight and everything to […]

278: How to Stop a Fight Before It Escalates: The First 60 Seconds

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Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I know what I should do, I just don’t know if I can”? Your partner apologized. Or maybe they didn’t. Maybe they’re trying harder than they used to, and maybe they’re still avoiding the conversation altogether. Either way, you’re stuck asking yourself questions you never imagined you’d need to […]

276: Your Trust Questions, Answered: Clean Slates, Disgust, and When Their Refusal Is the Answer

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There’s a sentence a lot of us think but never say out loud. Not to a friend, not to family, not even to ourselves alone in the car. We think it, then push it away and go back to being hopeful and patient. “It’s going to be fine. It’s going to be okay.” The sentence […]

274: When Your Partner Won’t Change: What to Do Next

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How to Ask for What You Need in Your Relationship (Without the Dread) Most of us think we’re asking our partner for what we need. We’re not. We’re hinting. Complaining. Going quiet and hoping they’ll catch the signal. And when they don’t, we add another tally to the running list of reasons we feel alone […]

#272: Are You an Asker or an Assumer?

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