You text him and he takes six hours to respond. You checked your phone eleven times before he did. So you do the thing you always do. You send another one, lighter this time, something that gives him an easy way back in. And he answers that one faster, and the relief is so physical you almost feel dizzy. Meanwhile, he is sitting on his couch wondering why he feels crowded by someone he genuinely likes. Neither of you is trying to hurt the other. Both of you are getting hurt a

It almost feels taboo, doesn't it… to grieve someone who is still alive. To admit to the pain of grief when you're expected to just "move on." But that's the thing about grieving the living, it almost feels impossible to let go when maybe… just maybe things could be different. And that maybe is not weakness. That maybe is your attachment system doing exactly what it was built to do, hold on to the people it has bonded with, scan for possibility, resist the finality of loss.

When I saw Meg's post, my first thought wasn't about the drama or celebrity gossip... It was about every woman (including myself) who has loved someone with everything she had, only to find herself on the losing end of a relationship she gave her whole heart to. Megan Thee Stallion did something this week that a lot of women struggle to do even after years of therapy. She loved someone, invested fully, and when her core values were violated, she left. Clearly. Quickly. Withou