My partner and I have been trying to get pregnant for two years and the monthly cycle of hope and disappointment is breaking something between us that we don't know how to repair. We want the same thing but we're grieving differently and it's making us strangers.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared longing can become a chasm when two people's ways of holding hope and disappointment don't match.
“Where Are You with Grief anniversaries and triggering dates?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.