I was content living in Washington, DC, but my boyfriend wasn’t.
He’d moved there with me in 2012 when I secured my first full-time writing job, but DC wasn’t really where he wanted to be. He was an actor with dreams of making it in Los Angeles — and although he was getting some acting work, it wasn’t enough to quit the day job he didn’t love.
Things weren’t going as well in the relationship as either of us had hoped. I had built a strong social circle in our neighborhood and with coworkers, and he seemed to feel left out.
Then, two years into our time in DC, I was impacted by layoffs at my company. I got by on freelance work and temporary gigs…
