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I actually feel that I'm only slightly anxious leaning and relatively secure but I got triggered more when he was avoidant and I think a secure person would have a very hard time staying secure. I thi…
Letter to my ex — **7th February 2026** “You will find me, right?” That sentence is the last sentence. The one that always stays with me. Every single day I think about it, and I think that’s why I know what I have t…
Feeling guilty about breaking up due to distance — She's going to move away for years. I just couldn't do it, I don't believe I can be happy in a long distance relationship, seeing each other few times a year. There was still around 3 months together…
Letting you go is the best decision to protect myself — My final act of love won’t be a hundred missed calls or text messages. It will be the silence you always wanted. Not because I stopped caring, but because I finally learned to care for myself. I won’…
A Tale of Two Easters — **Hers** I woke up with a migraine and threw up as quietly as I could with the fan on so the boys wouldn’t hear, wouldn’t worry, wouldn’t have one more thing to carry. I brushed my teeth to …
Inappropriate exposure — So, my parents didnt have loving relationship. They didn't seem close or enjoy each other's company. The only act of love was when my my father would grope my mother. In my presence. Never a kiss or h…
I feel guilty for missing him. — Apologies for the long post, I just really need to get things off my chest. We broke up a bit less than 2 weeks ago. I sobbed and said we could work things out, but I knew his mind wouldn't change. W…
im (23M) unsure how to handle conflict with my girlfriend (22F) in our 7 month long-distance, she wants to distance herself when upset — I (23M) have been in my first relationship with my girlfriend (22F) for about 7 months. It's long distance. Recently we had an argument where I finally admitted something I had been holding in for a …
>but I am always willing to try something for him because I love him It's not only hard to say no, but you have the added double plus bonus of that you actually seem to find VALUE in going along with…
At 22 you are just starting to learn who you really are. The biggest thing to realize here is that it is okay to change your mind about something. This is a big deal. To be sure, this won't be your fa…
Bingo. Add in the age gap and OP saying she’s a full time SAHM while working part time and this has all sorts of red flags waving around. “All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph, then a v…
The answer is unconditional love. Don't waste a lot of time searching through a bunch of books whose ultimate message is really just going to be to love yourself. You need to have unconditional love…
He was feeling genuine gratitude for your kind and thoughtful gesture. Often, for those of us who are not accustomed to be being cared for by others, a small thing like this feels really good and comf…
Some are so starved of consideration and care that even the tinniest act of love and generosity makes them realise how neglected they’ve been.
Parenting is not a chore, its an act of love. He's acting like a teenager, who has been asked to stop playing games to look after a baby sibling. Counting hours is unfair to you, you shouldn't eve…
No one should die alone. Spending time with someone who is dying is an act of love that every human being deserves to experience. Thank you for being better than your father.
And I’m so sorry you have to go through it as well. I’m glad for you & your stepmom that you can be there for her at the end. I know how much it meant to my mother to be surrounded by those who cared …
I completely understand. When my ex decided to leave me, at first I tried to save the relationship. I told him that from the beginning I knew it wouldn’t always be easy, that there would be hard momen…
Yeah that makes sense. In my case i was just addicted to the dopamine rush, so if I take away the industrial porn and only watch ''porn'' that shows what sex actually is (a wholesome act of love), the…
You shouldn’t have to change yourself to the point of “pain” just to make someone happy. If she loves you, don’t you think it would hurt for her to see you go through all of that just for “love”? I ne…
I wouldn't take the fact that she hasn't checked in on you mean she doesn't care. Reaching out means opening up a conversation and keeping in contact with someone you once loved never works. I think o…
Here’s what I saw or o should say now realize we’re the signs and red flags looking back. The victim. When I met her she had just ended a 5 relationship with her married boss. She of course claims h…
"Labour" by Paris Paloma >It's not an act of love if you make her
Your instinct to protect him is exactly right. Kids need at least one safe, steady parent, and you are being that for him. The school pickup letter wasn't a betrayal. It was an act of love. Keep offer…
So many of us feel this way on this subreddit so thank you for sharing with us. Together we mourn, together we heal. The final act of love in that relationship was an act of love for the self that des…
This was my ex. His mindset was more that since he didn’t care if the “special” stuff happened, it was my responsibility alone because he’d just as well not do any of it. Which like, I guess he wasn’t…
I wonder if OP could try a variation of this - I think part of why that’s so sweet is there’s still a moment of care and connection with the coffee. There’s no words necessary, but it feels like a mut…
Highly understandable. Personal satisfaction, especially sexual, is important but not the only meaning to life. Maybe ask your partner if he's open to stimulating you even when he himself is not in th…
Honestly I don’t think I’ll “heal” from it, but I’ll my inner child play, I take care of my self is a act of love and resistance for me, even with a whole family to take care of, I’ll still dance with…
I’m sorry that you’re angry and you’re hurting. I think you want him to hurt and be angry too, and this won’t do it. What will is living a better life without him than with him. Being fully healed und…
Not regret per say, just sad that I had to leave. I was hurt by what he'd done to me and his complacency during our relationship. I have no ill will against him, though, despite what I may have felt w…
Yeah she did the absolute bare legal minimum to keep herself out of jail, and she was traumatizing you the whole time. And if she sacrificed, it was her choice to sacrifice - you don’t have to pay for…
I made the biggest mistake of my life leaving him and regret not thinking about what life without him would actually look like. I got caught up in so much outside noise and made horrible decision afte…