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Ask Amy, February 19, 2024. “I don't know how to tell my family I crave being alone.”

Ask Amy, February 19, 2024. “I don't know how to tell my family I crave being alone.”

Amy sells the LW a bill of goods.

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Ask Amy, February 19, 2024. “I don't know how to tell my family I crave being alone.”
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Link to the original letter here.

My take: To recap, the LW loves her partner and family, but wants “to be fully and completely alone in my own home for weeks on end.” She is not, she adds, “talking about downtime or a weekend away.” She says she has “healthy relationships” with all her loved ones, and asks how to do this without hurting them.

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