{"id":29239,"date":"2019-06-20T00:42:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T05:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=29239"},"modified":"2019-06-20T00:42:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T05:42:01","slug":"briefly-joy-turned-to-disappointment-as-i-realized-there-was-no-one-to-talk-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=29239","title":{"rendered":"Briefly: Joy turned to disappointment as I realized there was no one to talk with"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alone-and-need-to-talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29240\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alone-and-need-to-talk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alone-and-need-to-talk.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Alone-and-need-to-talk-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just went from joy to bitter disappointment in the space of seconds. I had an exciting idea, but it was something I needed feedback and discussion about. I wanted to turn to a trusted partner and say, <em>\u201cWhat do you think about this?\u201d<\/em> But I felt deflated because there was no one there. I recently shared with you how much I miss having <a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=29081\">someone to take care of<\/a>, but I also strongly miss having a partner who\u2019s there to listen and to help me plot how we can move forward in life together. The best marriages are sort of a \u201cmutual aid society,\u201d an arrangement by which each person is fully committed to helping the other become the best he or she can be. It was actually so late tonight when I had this thought that a partner might very well have been asleep already. But it would have been enough to say to myself, <em>\u201cWe can talk about that tomorrow\u201d<\/em> \u2014 if I knew someone cared and wanted to be part of that conversation with me. I miss that kind of relationship. Doesn\u2019t everyone need this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just went from joy to bitter disappointment in the space of seconds. I had an exciting idea, but it was something I needed feedback and discussion about. I wanted to turn to a trusted partner and say, \u201cWhat do you think about this?\u201d But I felt deflated because there was no one there. 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