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When one partner's work environment affects the other's breathing at home

My partner works in construction and comes home covered in dust that triggers my asthma, but I know they hate their job already and I don't want to add guilt about hurting my health to everything else they're dealing with.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love can make us swallow our own needs to protect our partner from additional burdens, but unexpressed needs rarely disappear.

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“Where Are You with Air quality and respiratory environment?”

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