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When couples question their life choices together in midlife

My husband and I are both 47 and we keep having these circular conversations about whether we're living the life we actually want or just the life that happened to us, but we can't seem to get past the fear that admitting we want something different means admitting we've been doing it wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The examination of whether you've been living authentically becomes terrifying when it might require acknowledging shared mistakes or unspoken compromises.

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