My partner and I both lost our jobs within three months of each other and we're trying to be supportive but also we're both scared and sometimes we take turns falling apart and sometimes we fall apart at the same time. We don't know how to be strong for each other when we're both barely holding on.
More people experience this than they realize.
Simultaneous vulnerability can leave partners without the alternating strength that usually sustains them through difficulty.
“Where Are You with Ishq — Sufi divine and human love?”
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