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Briefly, I wanted to touch on our long break.<\/strong><\/p>\n We really do want to dedicate time to this page but because we are also students running this.<\/p>\n There are some instances where we might be to busy or not always be able to post frequently.<\/p>\n Along with our mental and physical stability. Anyway, in the time being while Sam is away.<\/p>\n I will be talking more about my personal romantic love life along with my platonic relationships and train of thought as I uncover some aspects.<\/p>\n Currently, I have struggled tremendously with my relationships this semester.<\/p>\n The amount of times I have cried and laughed has been fairly concerning…well not in a way to cause alarm, but more spiritually and mentally.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This year so far I have developed more of a sense of discipline and caution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What I mean by this is holding myself accountable first before I find blame to the outside source, but also addressing things in the best way I know how.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I used to have a hard time getting what I wanted to say across when it came to arguments with my partner and even friendships, or with family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Furthermore, in those moments as an argument would occur, I would be so emotional and would literally say anything that came to mind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nonetheless, I would feel really exhausted and heated, and that was because of my tone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n My tone would always seem to be a bother to those that I conversated with. Even if it was just a normal conversation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I didn’t have much stability or control over how I spoke. I just did. This used to really bother me over some time especially when it came to communicating with my partner.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I started to find ways in addressing my tone and calming myself down when I spoke with people or got into arguments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n But as result, I never seemed to have a fair and productive conversation…I still struggle with that to this day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, I couldn’t help but notice that I repeatedly kept finding myself in these situations.<\/p>\n I asked myself what is wrong with me?<\/p>\n Am I not that interesting?<\/p>\n Is there something that I can’t see that other people do?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I kept doubting myself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ultimately, it lead to me not being open with my thoughts or not really being able to have a smooth conversation because I have become too cautious and anxious to fully express myself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As I write this intro about myself to the readers of this blog,<\/p>\n I have deeper questions to ask myself that may even be projected onto you.<\/p>\n With the constant things that may go wrong in your relationships with people are you the one to reflect on your actions?<\/p>\n Do you constantly feel like you aren’t heard?<\/p>\n Has there been a habit within your relationships where your faults are openly and blatantly pointed out, and can you think of reasons why it is?<\/p>\n How do you feel when these faults are pointed out?<\/p>\n Why do you feel this way? The list goes on and on. These are questions to ask yourself when you have issues that occur.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moreover, my constant reflection on my actions and verbal conversations lead me to rule out things I felt about myself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And also figure out if people in my life are actually being manipulative, bad friends, or insincere.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the other hand, figuring out why something was said and how it was said, and who said it in the first place.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This goes for actions too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Evidently, I have come to realize my people-pleasing tendency, and moreover, that side of me has led me into the struggle I have had for years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am here to uncover some of my struggles as a young black female college student.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Over the course of the semester, I would hope to cover my experience with communication in relationships; dealing with infidelity, dealing with fake friends, and also outgrowing certain environments, and more!<\/p>\n I hope I didn’t take your brain in circles lol.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please share with me as a college student your deepest struggle with relationships. I would love to hear from you all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remember, I am not a professional, and just a regular person. some things may apply, some things may not. It all depends on the individual.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n XOXO,<\/p>\n -Sangai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear readers, As most of you may know, this blog is about the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,11,13,69],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-view-story","tag-college-relationship","tag-communication","tag-new-york","tag-understanding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/swipingonlove\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Swiping-on-Lolve.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":351,"url":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/swipingonlove\/what-is-love-ft-drunk-college-students\/","url_meta":{"origin":355,"position":0},"title":"What is Love? 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\nIn addition to our extracurriculars and emotionally dealing with our relationships with other people HAHA!<\/p>\n
\nBut as time went by it was almost as if during the conversations people don’t listen to me.<\/p>\n