Tag: a failure to communicate

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  Modern Love

  This was going to be the last summer I spent missing him. Long distance just isn’t sustainable, especially with a… Read more.

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  What If?

  The Work Bestie reassured me that he usually gets what he wants, adding that sometimes it just takes him a… Read more.

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  Harmless Flirting

  Crushes are like kryptonite for my rizz. If I’m actually into somebody I forget how to word. I fluster and… Read more.

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  Bad at Words

  he interrupted with, “Let’s get married then.” And it took a couple of beats with me going on about what… Read more.

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  Language Lessons

  My ability to thrive, to immediately acclimate, in a non-English speaking environment was greatly exaggerated in my daydreams of travel.… Read more.

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  More than Words

  Every relationship has a hidden account, where action or inaction can increase or decrease the balance. Sometimes, when the Work… Read more.

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  Bomb to Balm

  My marriage left me skittish. I’ve run away from every threat of a relationship since then. I panic if things… Read more.

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  Portuguese Letters

  She was wooed. She fell in love. Things got hot and heavy. Then without explanation she was brutally ghosted. The… Read more.

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  Don’t Go Too Fast, but I Go Pretty Far

  There wasn’t any hour that the Metro, or Lisbon in general, felt unsafe to me as a woman traveling alone.… Read more.

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  Too Darn Hot

  This was not the weather that Lisbon was built for. Being in the housing without AC, knowing the rest of… Read more.