I checked in with her: “I found a spot about 30 minutes away. Do you want to walk or want me to order an Uber?” She hesitated for a moment. Walking’s been tough lately, her hips have been painful from the pregnancy, and nausea can hit out of nowhere. But I know she prefers walking if she can
Hormonal birth control has been praised for giving women freedom. And in many ways, it did, freedom from unwanted pregnancy, from fear, from being at the mercy of a man’s lack of responsibility. But it came at a cost most of you were never told about. And most men still don’t understand.
Both of us were drawn to chaos in past relationships. She told me that the men who made her heart race were always the ones who made her question if she was enough. She’d get hooked on their attention, waiting for a message, a signal, something to feel chosen again.
Somewhere along the way, people started treating love like a fantasy genre. They romanticized romance. So much so that they stopped falling in love with each other, and started falling in love with the idea of each other.
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