Relationships

“My son said I was embarrassing him in front of his friends and I keep turning it over in my head even though he's been asleep for hours.”

“I think I've been mentally checked out of this relationship for months but I don't know how to start that conversation.”

“I saw my ex has a new girlfriend and logically I'm fine with it but I went very quiet for the rest of the evening.”

“My dad asked when I'm getting married again and I laughed it off but I thought about it the whole drive home.”

“I watched my little sister get the reaction from mom that I never got for anything I did and I don't know what to do with that feeling.”

“I put my phone face-down when he walked into the room and I'm not even doing anything wrong, which makes it weirder.”

“She remembered my birthday and I forgot hers last month and I've been overcompensating in small ways ever since without saying anything.”

“I corrected someone in a meeting today and they looked annoyed and I've been second-guessing whether I was right ever since.”

“I opened his texts from two years ago again and I don't know what I'm looking for exactly.”

“My grandmother asked if I'm happy and I said yes and she looked at me like she didn't believe me and I think she was right.”

“I like the idea of this friendship more than the actual hanging out, and I'm not sure what that says about either of us.”

“I called my best friend and got her voicemail and hung up without leaving a message because I didn't know how to begin.”

“I told my partner I wasn't upset and then gave very short answers for the rest of the night without acknowledging the contradiction.”

“I've been meaning to call my dad for three weeks and every time I think about it I find a reason to do it later.”

“My kid had a meltdown at the grocery store and I handled it calmly and then sat in the car and completely fell apart.”

“I've been snapping at my roommate for small things and I know it's not about the dishes.”

“I wrote the apology text and deleted it four times because I want to fix it but I also want them to know how much it hurt.”

“My friend is going through something hard and I've been showing up for her and some small part of me is waiting for it to be my turn.”

“I check his location sometimes not because I don't trust him but because the app is there and I have a brain that does this.”

“My mom said she's proud of me and I waited my whole life to hear that and I didn't feel what I thought I'd feel.”

“I sent my friend an article instead of saying what I actually wanted to say.”

“I've been thinking about ending the friendship for a while but I can't tell if she's bad for me or I'm just outgrowing her.”

“My kids don't need me the same way they used to and I know that's the whole point but I don't know who I am in the gap.”

“I listened to my friend talk about her problems for an hour and I realized I've been doing this for years without it ever going the other way.”

“I keep comparing my relationship to people who've been together for twenty years and we've been together for ten months.”

“I think about calling an old friend I hurt years ago and then I don't, and I've been doing that for long enough that it's become its own kind of answer.”