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I Was Terrified Marriage Would Make Me Smaller (opens the original)
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A friend asked me what I was most proud of in the past few years and to my surprise I answered with, my marriage.It was surprising that those words had come out of my mouth because in the lead up to my wedding two years ago, I might’ve said the opposite. I would’ve asked you: why is getting married seen as such a massive achievement? Why is it, that the most acceptable form of ‘you’ve done well in life’ is to get married? To attached yourself to another?It felt kind of ridiculous to me, that we
I’m 32, Married, And Appear to Be Back In My Childhood Bedroom (opens the original)
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I Never Had That Group of Friends (opens the original)
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I never had a big group of friends.Nor do I have a best friend… not really.I don’t have a group of pals I holiday every year with. Nor do I have “the school girls I grew up with”. But all of these I’ve felt like I should have and for most of my existence, I wondered why I don’t.Perhaps the problem began when I spent most of my childhood and teenage years obsessing over the sitcom Friends, aka the true blueprint for the fantasy friendship group. I wanted that specific group of six, a mix of gende
When I Call You Sensitive, I Mean It as a Compliment (opens the original)
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I am a very sensitive person, and I spent thirty years of my life believing that this was a colossal weakness. A flaw in my being, something that hindered me but brought no strengths, no positives.Back then, I wouldn’t have even defined myself as ‘sensitive’, because I would’ve been worried about what people would think. The negative connotations. I wanted to come across like I could take anything, like I was strong, resilient, and to be honest with you… I didn’t think these things lived happily
I Sat In Some Trees With A Bunch Of Strangers (opens the original)
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Hello from me, aka, someone who finally went out of her comfort zone this week and did something.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="2402" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EQup!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fs
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