#relationships 101

[twopoppies]

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Beautiful 🌹🌹

Oh… that’s so beautifully articulated. Thank you for pointing me to it. I think in the context of this fandom it’s really poignant, but it’s wonderful advice for anyone in a long-term relationship. ❤️

[matchstick-if]

Matchstick's IFs

While investigating the patron of the party you stumble head first into an ongoing heist. Will you team up with the charming grifter, the prickly muscle, or the excitable thief?   

Mingle with party guests, climb through vents, and fight against security as you traverse your way through the mansion and steal back from the rich.

Play Extempore (WIP)

A short exploration of the relationship between the Player Character (customizable), and Harper (male or female pronouns). Strengthen your bonds with Harper, and begin a romance, or grow deeper in friendship. 

The game takes place in a university setting. It contains 4 chapters, and a myriad of choices for you to interact with Harper and the world around you. 

Play Relationships 101 (Complete)

You’ve completed your mission. Your only remaining task is to make it home alive. How hard could that be?

Turns out, it’s a lot harder than you think.

Play Recurrent (Complete)

[gentlergunler]

I think we need to outgrow the overromanticized idea that your significant other or your partner should put you first, always, unconditionally. Because that's not how real life works. We have to understand that a partner is also a human being, a complex being with their own share of struggles, trauma, mental issues, they get affected by circumstances, they experience mood changes and unpatterned phases. We have to come to the realization that the person in front of is as human and as flawed as we are. They're not robots that you can program to act according to some standards regardless of the external variables. They can not make us a priority 24/7 if they have a job to pursue, a family to take care of, a life to make.. It is just unrealistic, and a bit childish. And we have to come to the realization that they are also trying their best to survive this mayhem. It is important to make a distinction, however, between a respectful relationship where the norm is that you are appreciated, cherished, taken care of, but it happens that sometimes your partner needs space and they still make sure to not purposefully hurt you or neglect you vs. an unbalanced relationship where you and your feelings are rarely if not ever taken into consideration. My point is, in human interactions, we have to work on two things a) allowing a little room for flexibility and tolerance, taking into consideration the mental and emotional dimensions of the person in front of us, and b) focusing on making ourselves our own priority and being self-sufficient and self-content. Building a strong relationship with ourselves and putting ourselves first, in a way that we won't unhealthily need validation from someone else, and we won't be unhealthily codependent. Each one of us is an equally complex being. It is high time we put those unrealistic hollywoodian representations of relationships behind us, and got to know and experience human interactions as raw and intricate as they are in reality.

[iknowmyworth]

[waiting-on-the-lord]

[soulmates-twinflames]

When you are ignoring her you are teaching her how to live without you. . . . . . . . . . . . .

 www.relationshipsreality.com Art: Ana Fagarazzi

[jessasue]

It is important to realize that boundaries communicate value. And so when we set boundaries around things we are really telling people that what is in here is valuable to me.

Danny Silk

[sunglow-xoxo]

It’s really important to distinguish whether you want a relationship or whether you’re just bored & want attention. Please don’t confuse the two. It’s your responsibility to figure out what you truly want. Do not play games with yourself or with others.