Fantastic! Surprised by the lack of public engagement in the comments section of this post, it's a very fresh and provocative essay. Perhaps people don't want a record that they read it. I know that this piece is quietly making the rounds in some circles.
I have the hardest time getting out of a relationship that is simply good enough, but not electric. There seems to be a wall around disappointing or hurting someone, and giving myself back to the unknown, and the potential depression and meaninglessness that comes with it
This so wildly contrasts my experience that it would take at least as much text to unpack why. A whole bucket of my old answers has been shaken out onto the floor—now I’m full of questions.
Fantastic! Surprised by the lack of public engagement in the comments section of this post, it's a very fresh and provocative essay. Perhaps people don't want a record that they read it. I know that this piece is quietly making the rounds in some circles.
I have the hardest time getting out of a relationship that is simply good enough, but not electric. There seems to be a wall around disappointing or hurting someone, and giving myself back to the unknown, and the potential depression and meaninglessness that comes with it
This so wildly contrasts my experience that it would take at least as much text to unpack why. A whole bucket of my old answers has been shaken out onto the floor—now I’m full of questions.
I guess my first one is: are you cis and hetero?
Yup
Should have read this 10 years ago. God bless you, sir.
Interesting. I feel like it's actually more "this or that" binary for men, but I don't have energy to expound.