09/08/2026
I have been in relationships where my ambition felt threatening.
The questions sounded reasonable at first.
Why are you always striving? Why can’t you be content? What are you searching for?
Eventually, I recognized that my desire to grow was creating discomfort in someone who could not understand why the life I already had was not the limit of my dream.
Have you ever made yourself smaller to preserve a relationship?
Episode 3 of Strictly Platonic is out now on YouTube and Spotify.
No flirting. Allegedly.