My wife and I both work demanding jobs and we've gotten into this pattern where we're just managing logistics and never actually connecting. We're efficient roommates who occasionally have sex, and we both know it but keep avoiding the conversation.
More people experience this than they realize.
The machinery of shared life has replaced intimacy without either person choosing the trade-off.
“Where Are You with Buddhist Brahmaviharas in Relationship?”
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