sometimes committed relationships are “boring”. they’re errands and chores and just sitting around together. that doesn’t mean the spark is gone. it doesn’t mean you have to have excitement all the time. you’ve just settled into comfort together.
you know what though this is what i want
i want the boring and the quiet and the mutual comfort from being in one another’s presence without necessarily interacting
one of the most challenging skills i’ve had to learn as an adult is the art of figuring out whether i’m proportionally annoyed with someone or just tired and overstimulated and looking for reasons to be pissed off
congratulations to the only post i’ve ever had breach 100k notes without any real discourse or fighting, just a lot of people wearily going, oh, god, same