Thinking the absolute worst before it happens. I’m not giving my partner a fair chance. 

I'm always expecting to ruin the relationship. Like, constantly just waiting for the shoe to drop and be broken up with. (Been together 6 months, so new-ish.) I know my BF is comfortable and is probably way more rational than me, but I truly expect any disagreement or awkward communication snafu to be the end of it and for me to be dumped. 1/2

Communication. Every relationship I've been in I've been too afraid to say what I think/what because I fear they're going to take off. 

My partner and I have been so wrapped up in work throughout the pandemic that it almost feels like we're co-workers (especially since we work at home alongside each other). It used to be nice to go to work, then get a drink after together and talk about our day in an abridged version, but we're talking about work so much now that it's hard to find a delineation. 

That he has a much more active sex drive than I do. To the point where I dread it! It makes me feel like something is wrong with me. 

My husband works nights and weekends (and is a full-time parent during the day, which is amazing). I work your standard M-F (then I'm the full-time parent nights and weekends). It gives us very little time to be just "us" as a couple, and the little time we do have together, I feel like we have to talk about logistical family stuff (getting the car fixed; getting a storage unit; planning long-term care for both of our sick parents; scouting daycare/school options, etc etc). I proposed making 1/2

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