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When couples disagree about the emotional significance of plant care

My partner thinks I'm becoming obsessed with keeping our houseplants alive and says it's gotten weird, but I feel like they don't understand that letting them die feels like a personal failure and we keep arguing about what's 'normal' plant care.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Different relationships to responsibility and control are playing out through plant stewardship, revealing deeper questions about care and attachment.

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