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When long-term couples recognize they've grown apart but fear addressing it

My husband and I have been married for twelve years and we love each other but we've become these parallel people who share a house and kids but not much else, and we both know it but talking about it feels like opening a door we might not be able to close.

Mira
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You're both protecting a marriage that might not exist anymore, afraid that honesty will destroy what little you have left.

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