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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sarah Silbiger, a 30-year-old freelance video and photojournalist based in Philadelphia. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My partner and I are both journalists. We worked straight through the pandemic, and it was unrelenting. After covering such partisan politics,…
Five months after packing two giant suitcases and boarding a one-way flight from Wisconsin to Los Angeles, my boyfriend told me he was leaving the city I had relocated to for him.In just a moment, I realized I was alone in one of America’s biggest cities, wondering if I had…
My 19-year-old daughter, Cameran, has been in a relationship for several years, and it has helped her grow into who she wants to be. She met her boyfriend, Casey, when they were 16 at a campground during the summer, and he lived about 35 minutes from us. Casey started as…
When my children enrolled in college, I decided to step away from supervising their education. I would no longer keep too close an eye on their grades or class performance. I confess that it was a selfish decision, but as the mother of five, I’d already spent too many hours…
Most relationship experts seem to agree on one thing: Never have an argument over text. But my husband and I do it all the time — and it’s actually led to some of the healthiest conflict resolution in our marriage.I’m not saying that fighting over text is right for every…
There’s a specific moment at airport security that always feels heavier than it should. I’m standing in line, passport in hand, going through a rough outline of the next few months in my head.I’ll spend six weeks in Denmark with my long-distance boyfriend before going back to the US for…
