You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents.

The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives.

The hardest part about being ghosted is the fact that you can't deal with the ghoster directly. You just never hear from them again, and everything feels odd and incomplete.

You're right to want to minimize your compulsive physical behavior in the workplace before it bothers your co-workers, but I hope very much you can also give yourself credit for the work you're already doing.

One of the glorious things about being a person in the world is that you don't have to worry about whether or not someone else is trying to be creepy.

Reconciliation is not possible when one party asks the other to obliterate all signs of their relationship.

You may not be able to convince everyone around you that you're doing the right thing, but you don't have to subject yourself to endless second-guessing from others, either.