Then she said it. “I’m done. Go to therapy or I’m leaving.” You sat across from her at the kitchen table, holding your now-cold coffee mug, trying to understand how you had been so distracted by everything else that you didn’t see this coming. You were stunned. Things had seemed better. You weren’t arguing like
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You’ve met them. They are the couple who show up at a gathering looking irritated with one another. They trade barbs, thinly veiled insults, and pointed complaints. Everyone around them knows they are fighting. And you pray it doesn’t erupt until they leave. When it blows up around friends, it’s uncomfortable for everyone. You are
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