“ In high school, I cared deeply for a classmate and quietly helped her, but I never found the courage to speak to her, so she graduated without knowing that I liked her. I still imagine what I would do if I had the chance to meet her now. ”
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How can I reconnect with Tiffany and tell her what she means to me without feeling like I am making the possibility of losing her more real?
Tiffany, my sister-in-law, feels like the other half of me, but she has cancer and we do not talk much because life is complicated. I am afraid to tell her how much she means to me because I do not want to lose her.
How can I tell whether leaving is the right choice when I still care about her but feel that my efforts have not made the relationship feel close or mutual?
I have been trying hard to make my girlfriend happy for about a year, including spending money on gifts and activities, but I still feel lonely, shut out of parts of her life, and unsure that she really knows or wants to know me. I am now wondering whether I should leave.
I've loved him for three years, but he has a girlfriend. We graduate tomorrow—should I tell him?
I've had feelings for a close friend for three years, while he has had a girlfriend throughout that time. We graduate tomorrow and will be going separate ways, possibly never seeing each other again, and I have repeatedly written and deleted an unsent confession.
I want to tell my partner that I feel dejected because it seems he's forgotten me, and I'm needing reassurance, intentional connection and effort to show that he also misses me. How do I say this so I am heard, seen and loved on?
I'm traveling and missing my partner, across a 14 hour time difference. He's been working at a Swing Dancing event, and during his down time, he's been dancing and connecting with the other attendees. But then afterwards is too tired or distracted to share meaningful time and details about his day with me. I want to tell him how I feel and what I need, but I worry he will hear my hurt as an accusation that he is a bad partner.
