My partner and I are trying to get pregnant and it's been two years of negative tests, doctor visits, and us each coping completely differently - they want to research everything obsessively and I just want to pretend it's not consuming our whole life. We're starting to feel like strangers who happen to share the same devastating hope.
More people experience this than they realize.
A shared longing has become a source of disconnection when different coping styles turn partners into adversaries rather than allies.
“Where Are You with Love and mortality — loving in the face of loss?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.