Alex Cooper

And we're five years down the line.

Or can it just be forever?

Yeah.

I love that too just even to close out on that cheating chapter for anyone listening like we all have those people in our life that whether it's your sister or your friend or whoever that stays there is understandably a anger within you as someone who loves them because you are protective of them and you you think I want better for them but again we all know the

extreme level of intricate detail that goes into why we are who we are that no one will ever understand even if you explain so many times like you're living in your own body with your own trauma and your own history and so as much as you say you want better for them if they genuinely are saying to you this is what they want at some capacity you have to also relinquish control of trying to dictate other people's lives because what does it affect you so there are two parts of the

Let's talk about intimacy.

What do you do?

Because I truly believe this is one of the biggest, most prominent issues in every single relationship.

Not every single, but a majority is like when you and your partner have different ideas about

of intimacy, of how much you want it, of how often.

Physical intimacy and sex.

Yes, physical intimacy.

Touch, affection, all of that.

Touch, affection, sex.

What do you do when you're on different pages in a relationship with that?

It's so difficult.

And it's that's such a great point, even to just ease all of our minds.

Like, I understand that it is sometimes really hard and awkward and.

to talk about it with your partner, because sometimes from what I've experienced in the past and what people have written into me is like, it just feels like if I approach this, it's going to come off like I'm not happy.

And then it's going to be so awkward the next time we go to have sex because he's just going to be thinking about like, well, you literally just complained that you're like not enjoying it.