I didn’t know what to call it before. I just knew I had this recurring pattern—where I’d slowly, methodically, and almost politely start backing out of whatever messy half-thing I’d gotten myself into. Now, thanks to workplace jargon leaking into real life, I’ve found the term: quiet quitting. And I’ve been doing it in situationships for years. You know the…
There’s something deeply unsettling about someone who knows your truths. Not the curated, social-media-friendly truths, but the raw ones—the ones you whisper into the dark and hope no one hears. When that person becomes a stranger, it feels like walking around with your soul slightly ajar. The silence between ex-lovers isn’t empty. It’s loud. It’s filled with all the conversations…
What does forever mean in words of yearning? It means I believe in the promise of tomorrow, in the idea that life with you will be full of more surprises than I can imagine. Forever to me is like a book with blank pages, waiting to be filled with the stories we’ll write together. I see a future where we…