01/24/2026
This is how couples drift apart without realizing it.
Not through big fights or dramatic moments.
More often, it happens quietly.
It starts when certain conversations feel easier to postpone than to have.
The ones that feel awkward.
The ones that might shift the tone.
The ones that don’t feel urgent in the middle of busy lives.
Often, those conversations are delayed out of care, not avoidance.
A desire to keep things steady.
To not disrupt what’s working.
To wait for a “better time.”
But what doesn’t get said doesn’t disappear.
Over time, those unspoken thoughts turn into distance, misunderstandings, or a kind of emotional quiet that’s hard to name.
Not because anyone did something wrong — but because some things need words before they need solutions.
Choose one conversation you’ve been avoiding and write down what you’re afraid will happen if you have it.
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