04/09/2026
The bigger the commitment gets, the more certain you think you need to feel before you’re allowed to make it.
Because saying yes to a date is one thing.
Saying yes to forever?
Suddenly “I want this” doesn’t feel like enough.
You want to KNOW.
That he’s the one.
That you’re making the right choice.
That the doubts won’t mean something later.
That future you won’t look back and think, “I should have known.”
So the closer you get to the milestone, the more pressure you put on every feeling around it.
How excited was I?
Why did I feel anxious?
Why am I still questioning?
Shouldn’t I be more sure by now?
But you didn’t build this relationship in the moment he proposed.
And you won’t decide the truth of it in one anxious Tuesday three weeks before your wedding either.
You’ve been meeting this relationship, yourself, and your choice in hundreds of moments along the way.
The milestone is a threshold.
It doesn’t need to become the moment that finally gives you absolute certainty about the rest of your life.
Because that kind of certainty was never available to you in the first place.
And the pressure to find it can turn:
“Holy s**t, this is really happening.”
into: “Holy s**t… am I sure?”
That space between the two is a huge part of why I created Tending the Twinge.
If you’re approaching a big next step with someone you deeply want to be with, but every little flicker of doubt keeps pulling you back into questioning it all, comment TWINGE and I’ll send you the details. 🤍