The Seven Day Switch

by Kelly Harms

This, my mom would have said, is what it means to commit yourself. It doesn’t mean you’re never lonely or distracted. It means you’re lonely or distracted and you give your whole heart anyway.

In every fundamental love relationship, we ask our partners to be both solid as a rock and thrillingly fun at the same time, and it’s utterly unreasonable when we get annoyed that they can’t do both.

That my partner has revealed himself to be dependable and a bit boring is, by my measure, a huge win. The fun ones are useless.