@ajsaxsma: Sometimes forgiveness means the relationship continues. It doesn’t mean your nervous system got the memo. #storytelling #subtext #writingsubtext #writing #fiction
...It wasn't just the mileage she was paying attention to... She became hyper vigilant for the rest of their relationship over every little thing. That was just the only thing he noticed.
2026-09-19 20:55:50
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🌻SL🌻 :
If this is an actual friend of yours, did you call him out for his bad behavior?
2026-09-20 16:15:25
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cbear :
he broke the trust that will never be built again. it's done. when has a it ever gone back to status quo after infidelity. Just end it. they've shown they don't love you
2026-09-19 19:01:03
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LurkingBoo :
She will never tell him the truth of why she writes it down because they might argue and arguing leads him to run over to his ex girlfriend’s house. He can’t be trusted with her emotions of hurt and anger. She may have forgiven him but she will never trust him again. Honestly, she would have probably been better off if she’d left because him play dumb and annoyed at her actions tells me he didn’t learn anything and hasn’t changed.
2026-09-19 22:47:38
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Gibby :
I’d have left. Lie to me about something that big and I’m out.
2026-09-21 19:43:53
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VacMaster2020 :
Wow, he did something. I could never do that with my partner. I drive way too much.
2026-09-20 21:23:21
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Meow meow :
Once trust has been broken…
2026-10-11 11:03:26
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Mizfit :
You have been so helpful in helping me make my writing better.. Thank you for sharing
2026-09-19 22:50:37
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Janet :
I can’t imagine how either one wants to continue w/ this EXHAUSTING charade. Jesus…just get the divorce & move on (note: I didn’t specifically say which one)
2026-09-19 23:05:32
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Red Clay Pines :
She should still leave him
2026-10-02 21:08:00
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BabaYaga :
It would have been over the day I found out he'd lied about the car. Broken trust. And never to be repaired. She thought about that lie Every Single Time She Walked Out to write down the milage. Eventually, it's going to corrode what's left of her reserves and she will leave.
2026-09-20 10:52:20
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iCook :
I’m new here and I’m first?😅😅
2026-09-19 18:16:32
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thisiskhensanii :
I don’t want to tell you what content to make but I’m dying for a different kind of story telling. You’re so good I need different styles. Pls I say this with all due respect
2026-09-24 12:15:09
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ruzo_m :
Friendly reminder to the comments that these are WRITING TIPS
2026-09-23 18:18:32
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Yán Diyéen (Lingít Aaní) :
This is as bad as checking the trash...it is enough to just leave the relationship.
2026-10-04 15:47:19
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grandma07071 :
Trust.
2026-09-20 14:31:25
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Julieanna Blackwell :
“Crazy Glue” by Etgar Keret - interesting point about subtext being the background issue. Great story.
2026-09-20 13:18:58
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Shubby :
He went to his ex’s house ?!?!
2026-09-19 18:42:45
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𝓚𝓪𝓼𝔂 🍓 :
The mileage is to check how many miles he put on it between the house and his work and potentially any little things inbetween
2026-09-19 20:52:55
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LaLasha :
He did what? She should leave him.
2026-09-20 08:19:35
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Feral Goddess :
The single most important audio/book of my healing: Leave a Cheater, Gain Life by Tracy Schorn HIGHLY RECOMMEND, even if the cheating was years ago or last night. It's so validating, and also hilarious, so whether you need a laugh or you are back in the thick of the trauma, The Chump Lady is there. I'm not sponsored and get absolutely nothing from sharing this book, it's just that important to me. Free community and stories are also on ChumpLady(.com)
2026-09-19 19:50:31
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Rook-a-doodle :
I'm gonna give you the keys to the kingdom, here: if it was only 2 years prior? It isn't a remnant of that argument, it isn't a ritual now disconnected from the inciting incident. I could believe it for an inciting incident 10-20+ years prior, but if I read this interpretation and then an author revealed it started only 2 years ago? I'd probably laugh and I'd definitely know the piece was written by a dude.
2026-10-05 01:05:42
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Darururo :
damn, bitch enough to not go to his brother's wedding then she's the one getting mad and tracking his milage and posting the note on the fridge for years to come, and they're still together, I like this, feels like real life
2026-09-30 06:12:58
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Arianna :
😂😂😂
2026-09-20 01:00:09
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