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He Loves Me, But Not My Interests
Never feel bad for doing what you love
One of my most-read stories is about a date ghosting me after he read my blogs.
I don’t usually mention I blog because I get the same annoying questions like “How much do you make?” or “Do people even write anymore with all this AI?”
The worst part is when someone I’m seeing can’t handle what I write. My blogs are diary-style — personal reflections on life, dating, and yes, sometimes about the person I’m with. I write to make sense of my feelings, not necessarily to flatter or protect egos. However, not everyone is comfortable with that.
Since when did it become wrong to do what you love?
When I blog about my life, everything’s fair game — including my relationships.
It takes emotional intelligence to understand why I blog — as a way to process my thoughts and experiences — and to support me without getting insecure or defensive. Afterall, I like to dissect my relationships to their bare bones, trying to figure out what makes them tick or where things go wrong.
My ex-boyfriend got it — probably because he was used to dissecting bodies in med school. He had no issue with me writing about our relationship as long as I didn’t name him. In fact, we’d even brainstorm blog…
