Leslie John

We go into the bathroom, we stand in front of the mirror, we're brushing our teeth.

What I think to myself is, geez, I feel older than I thought I would at this age.

And

I'm 45.

How come I still have acne?

I think these things, but I don't say them.

We're not even down in the kitchen yet.

We're just in the bathroom.

And already my little tally here is four to one.

I could go on, but I won't.

And so my point isn't that we should say all of the things that are in our mind.

You don't want that.

I don't want that.

But rather...

I think we should consider saying the things more.

And before I started doing this for myself, I didn't even consider saying, oh, you know, I thought the thoughts about my body or whatnot when I had these when looking in the mirror.

And now, because I think about it more, I share more.

And that's a perfect example of where sharing is really a good thing to do because

You know, it's if I share how I feel about myself, then my partner knows me better.

And that's fundamentally intimacy building.