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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you have to “admit it”? Why can’t “we’re fine and are grateful for every day” be enough? Why does it need to be more than that? Do you need audience and attention for your “authentic” life to be...authentic?

The truth can be brief. [/quote]

Yes, this: Do you need audience and attention for your “authentic” life? Seems so. Why is that? Your brand of authenticity seems to require validation. Which doesn’t seem real authentic if you ask me.[/quote]

OP here.  This is interesting - thank you.  In thinking about it why I started this thread, the immediate need was how to navigate the multiple "gosh isn't this awful I'm so bored, my kids are crawling up the walls, etc." conversations my friends are having.  In the beginning, I was just quiet because that wasn't my experience at all, but then I thought, well maybe I'll share how I'm feeling too, and then experienced that it was a conversation killer.  So went back to being quiet, which I'm honestly fine with, I just thought it was curious why it was a friend connection thing to be miserable and felt sad that I wasn't able to connect with anyone on how I was feeling about it or explore why outside my own head.

Maybe less about validation and more about connecting and exploring?  I'll think about your comment more though and make sure I'm not requiring validating of how I want to live.  Thank you![/quote]

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