Cameron Reid writes about intimacy and long-term marriage at Closer Together Press. His work draws on 27 years of real marriage — the hard parts included. Find me on Reddit: u/cameronreid_27
There’s a specific kind of loneliness that nobody talks about. It’s not the loneliness of being alone. It’s the loneliness of being with someone you love deeply and realizing you can’t remember the last time you actually felt close to them. That’s the roommate dynamic.
You already know something is off. Maybe you read the last post in this series and nodded along a little too hard. Maybe you’ve been feeling the drift for a while but couldn’t name it. Either way, you’re here, which means you’re paying attention, and paying
Nobody warned us about this part, except maybe for my mother, who used to always tell my siblings and me, “familiarity breeds contempt.” It was one of her favorite pieces of motherly advice. We were told working from home would give us more time, more flexibility. What we got was