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Olivia Trueblood's avatar

"At that moment, I realized how concocted the tether between Joe and I was. Marriage is imaginary. Nothing binds us but will. Will can be lost."

so good. and this is such an excellent piece! then i started bouncing around your other posts. i'm not a mom and i didn't come to substack for sex but your thoughtful words resonate in such a great way. can't wait to keep reading. <3

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

Awww, Olivia, you’re an angel 🥹💘

Thank you a million times for this wonderful comment, for reading my shit, and for sticking around / subscribing. I feel at a loss for words in response! 🙊

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Olivia Trueblood's avatar

We gotta support each other!! 🩵🩵🩵

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Scott P.'s avatar

I often hear, and have even said, "I can't imagine my life without you," but the power of this intentional act is truly brilliant. I'm going to file it away for personal and personal future use.

Thank you for your touching and powerful work.

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

Scott! Thank you for such a lovely comment. You’ve made my day. I’m so glad you found this useful. I continue to actually imagine my life without my loves, and it leaves me grateful to have them every time.

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kayla's avatar

my bfs name is joe and we’ve been having a hard time, i needed this perspective and reminder. thank you for this 🖤

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

Aww, dear, I’m so glad you found it! My love to you and him. It’s refreshing to stop and reorient our minds to appreciate our someone’s as someone else’s or someone else altogether. Even if I’m practiced at it, I still have to practice too. ❤️

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kayla's avatar

you are so kind, thank you!! 💌

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Olivia Trueblood's avatar

this is suchhhh an excellent piece! "At that moment, I realized how concocted the tether between Joe and I was. Marriage is imaginary. Nothing binds us but will. Will can be lost." so so good.

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

🥰 thank you, sweet person!!

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John Duffy's avatar

This is an intriguing thought and piece of writing. Thank you for sharing.

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

Thank you, John! Intrigue is what I aim for, so I’m touched 😉 But for real, I am so grateful you’ve taken the time to read, share your thoughts, and share my story … thank you thank you ❤️❤️

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Adrian's avatar

You have a beautiful deep and intriguing mind. There is a special reverence and freedom in having sex with an unknown person. But you take this further

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

🥲🥹 Adrian you’re making my whole day. Thank you ❤️

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Adrian's avatar

Your writing is exciting

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

🥰

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ION's avatar

You create a beautifully unique perspective that I'd never heard of.

Instead of, "see every stranger as a familiar one"

you reverse it, "see every familiar one as a stranger" (just an example..)

I love the change in perspective! Never seen it before.. (very stirring..)

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

🙈❤️🙏 thank you for saying so. This is something I think about most every day. Its so useful for my world view and appreciating my loves.

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Sarah Ward's avatar

I love this Abigail! It feels like a fun psychological kink game. Thank you for sharing.

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

A perfect description! Sexy self-hypnosis.

Thank YOU - seriously.

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Sarah Ward's avatar

It’s my pleasure! Especially when it comes to long term romantic relationships (where it’s easy to believe that we know everything about our partner), this can turn down the heat.

I love this sexy game that you’re playing!

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