Should I let him go so he can go have babies with someone else? Should I just suck it up and have a baby? Why can’t I just want this?
Writing
Smash Talks: Stiff Talk on Stiffness
I feel like I broke this piece of our relationship and I want so badly to fix it, but he won’t meet me there.
Smash Talks: Love in the Time of Corona
I love this human being so much, but I can’t deal.
Smash Talks: Pricey Advice
I’ve heard some of them call me manipulative or judgmental, but I was really just trying to get them to snap out of it.
Smash Talks: Secret Lives
My question is – is someone like that really able to change?
Smash Talks: A Worrisome Catch
I really like her, but I don’t know how to approach this.
Smash Talks: Strenuous Support
It’s so difficult to watch someone you care about shrink away and isolate themselves, not fully understanding what’s happening.
Smash Talks: Taking Care of the Caregiver
I don’t want to quit prematurely, but I don’t know how much longer I can do this.
Smash Talks: Staying Together for the Kids
I don’t want to argue, or fight, or pretend things are okay when they’re not. I want out.
Smash Talks: Codependent Conundrum
I thought I enjoyed helping people, but now I’m concerned that I was only doing this out of my own codependency and that all of my efforts were really self-serving in the long run.
Smash Talks: Digital Divide
Whenever I am around my mother, she spends the entire time on her phone.
Smash Talks: Millennial Malaise
When my parents were my age, they were well-established and a lot more stable than I am now. For a while, I was on the same path, but in my late 20s everything kind of fell apart.