Relationship dilemmas: what would you do?
Love is full of moments nobody prepares you for. They say I love you before you are ready. Their phone lights up with a name you do not know. They are offered a dream job in another city and ask what you want. None of these have a right answer, but every answer says something about how you love: whether you lead with trust or with questions, with the leap or with the plan, with comfort or with honesty. Work through the dilemmas below, pick a side on each, and see how other people chose.
Early on, they say I love you. You are not there yet.
Your partner's phone lights up with a name you do not know. They are in the shower.
Your partner could take a dream job in another city. They say they will turn it down if you ask.
Your date asks why your last relationship ended. The true answer does not flatter you.
Three months in, your partner suggests moving in together. It feels fast. It also feels right.
Your partner asks if the new shirt works. Honestly, it does not.
Your partner talks over you in groups, charmingly, always. Tonight, again, mid-sentence.
Your partner's family spent dinner teasing you about the thing that actually stings. Later, your partner asks if you had a good night.
After a fight neither of you wants to end, it is nearly midnight.
Your partner asks if you would still choose them if you could start over. You pause a beat too long.
Someone you have just started seeing asks to be exclusive. You enjoy the options.
Three months in, they ask about the one before them. The honest version is: it was deep, and it ended badly.
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