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Scenario

When your partner's need for togetherness feels suffocating

My partner insists we spend all our free time together and gets upset when I want to see friends alone, saying couples should be each other's best friends.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The beautiful desire for closeness becomes a prison when it denies the separate selfhood that makes love possible.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Confucian Partnership Ethics — Duty and Love?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.