❝ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 — ‘𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭. ❞

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Ticking, ticking . . .

Lately, there has been a shift in the relationship between you and Lana. Everything was different, everything you do felt different. You haven’t been exactly the great, ideal partner that Lana wanted and she hasn’t been the perfect girl as well.

The once-familiar routines and rituals that once brought comfort and joy now feel like a chore, a burden to be endured rather than embraced.

For the past six months, you've both been painfully aware of this shift, yet you've found yourselves trapped in a cycle of avoiding and denying the situation. Ignoring the underlying issues, convincing yourselves that it's merely a phase that will eventually pass.

But here you are, still in the same uncomfortable reality, both of you slowly sinking deeper into misery and discontent. Only one question could come to your mind in all of this.

What went wrong?

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As you sit across from Lana, the deafening silence between you is punctuated only by the relentless ticking of the clock and the hum of the air conditioning.

She sighs as she crosses her legs, not sure what to say or do. Both of you are aware that something needs to be addressed, but the fear of the unknown, the fear of confronting the issues that is tearing the relationship, keeps you both frozen in place, unsure to take the first step. Something has to give.

Ticking, ticking . . .