Neighborly

by Ellie Monago

Women spend their lives trying to set up a certain image—through their clothes,

It’s not that I enjoy being in constant motion; it’s that what I want most is to relax, and I can’t allow myself relaxation until everything’s done.

Ha ha this is so me

Given his procrastination issues, when I add things to his to-do list, I never really let go of them. The item on my to-do list simply becomes, “Ask Doug if he’s done x or y.” That’s way worse than just doing x or y, because it turns me into a nag. I’m not a nag; I’m a doer.

Truth

Anxiety craves a certainty it’ll never get,

Sometimes I think I would have deeply loved anyone I met at that period of my life, before anything bad had happened to me, when I was so open to the world that I would have imprinted on any child just like ducklings do.

we’re all just waiting to be chosen for something, all wanting to find out that we’re good enough.

had no real sense of home (unless you count Ellen’s), but I want that for Sadie, so much. And I suddenly realize: I want it for me, too, for the little kid I used to be. The one I could have been.

“Childhood is a template for all that comes later.”

Let it go. Save myself the aggravation. Better yet, spare myself the confrontation.

Maybe but it doesn't address the fact that you don't have the money and it doesn't address the fact that it might happen again and then what how does one get out of the big financial help hold of their spouse builds for them only someone with money could get away with saying let it go.

few thousand dollars of debt really make, in the grand scheme of things?

A lot more interest and a lot more years till you're free of debt.

But what’s that old saying? Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean nobody’s after you.

women? We’re supposed to make everyone else happy.”

“Don’t walk away, Ellen. Not now.”