Gemma Cribb

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1,656 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2017 last heard Jan 2020

Gemma Cribb’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Hook Up · Can high-school sweethearts last? · 10 Jul 2018 podcast

And odds are they are because you fell in love with them. voice-verified

at the time? voice-verified

You can totally mistake your first love as being your only love if, you know, you can have these thoughts that, oh, I'm never going to feel like that again and this person was special. voice-verified

That's... voice-verified

It's not necessarily true. voice-verified

You can fall in love multiple times with multiple people, but it is really easy because you've never had that experience before to assume that it's just this person and this person's special. voice-verified

against? voice-verified

So I think the main thing that goes on when you've got a high school relationship and you're growing up into adulthood with that same partner is you have to balance developing yourself as an individual with developing the couple sense of meaning and the we-ness of the couple. voice-verified

So you have to support each other's independent dreams and voice-verified

But you also have to make sure that there's enough space in your life to develop the coupleness and the meaningfulness of the couple, what we represent as a couple and what do we want to do together and what's our life going to be about. voice-verified

So it's a bit of a balancing act, becoming self-absorbed enough to focus on yourself and your own dreams, but also maintaining enough awareness of your partner and what that relationship means together. voice-verified

you might not have that kind of awareness. voice-verified

Pretty tricky concept. voice-verified

It is hard, but I mean, as that first caller and the other callers actually flagged, some people have an intuitive sense of, you know, I need to do this stuff for myself, but I also need to respect and care and love my partner. voice-verified

And voice-verified

and be available to them. voice-verified

So, you know, there's often levels of relationship skills that we don't give ourselves credit for. voice-verified

school? voice-verified

It certainly can have a huge impact because if you're close to your family, you want to be loved by them and you want them to love your partner more. voice-verified

And if usually it's out of fear, the family kind of close down and try and protect you through controlling you. voice-verified

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