My partner and I have been trying to get pregnant for two years and the monthly cycle of hope and disappointment is wearing us down in completely different ways. We don't know how to comfort each other anymore because what helps me seems to hurt them and vice versa.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared longing can become a source of isolation when our ways of processing disappointment don't align.
“Where Are You with Marriage as Institution and Lived Experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.