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Conscious Renegotiation: a Skill for Your Relationship

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How resetting expectations as your relationship evolves can keep your love thriving

David and I met during my first weekend at college. We had a mutual friend, Danny, who had grown up with me in South Carolina during all of the elementary school and part of middle school. He then moved up to North Carolina, where he spent the rest of his schooling years growing up with David. When I was 18 years old, I moved north to attend Duke, and Danny invited me to attend his church with him. Lo and behold, that same Sunday, he introduced me to David. To be perfectly honest, I was mostly unimpressed by him: a tall, lanky guy with a formal suit and yellow tie and a strange sense of…

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