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Are Relationships Supposed To Be Hard?

Are Relationships Supposed To Be Hard?

The rules of relationship land are not black and white.

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Ashley Alt
Jun 24, 2020
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When Jake and I aren’t on the same page, it takes the same picnic basket of goodies to get us back on track. And it typically happens in this order:

  1. A dramatic outburst from myself on how my feelings are not being validated — “We’re parents! We’re roommates! Where is the romance?! I am no one without my freedom!”

  2. A hard conversation at the root of why we’…

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