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Thank you. Such a good observation and much needed.

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'Here’s what I know: I’ve never regretting asking, never regretted knowing more.' Thank you for this evergreen reminder.

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I ended a (short) relationship with an extreme non-communicator about a month ago. She had never used the word love in any of her past relationships and prided herself on extreme self-sufficiency that included being unwilling to share her inner life with anyone. She told me that she would never see a therapist, but if she did, she definitely wouldn't share any of her feelings with them either. Since I am big on communicating, this relationship was doomed from the very beginning. I was sometimes temped to cut back on my level of communication (she told me that my sharing my feelings made her very anxious) to keep the peace, but ultimately decided I needed to be authentic. This did end up accelerating the end of the relationship, and for that I am very grateful.

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This is love in its most intimate form <3

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❤️

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Beautiful, brilliant, insightful!

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Ugh! You capture things so beautifully and I always look forward to reading your newsletters.

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This is beautiful, Ava!!

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ah! this was so amazing :') you're one of the inspirations behind starting my own newsletter because you have such a beautiful way describing feelings/experiences I have a lack of words for <3

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