"Usually adult males who are unable to make emotional connections with the women they choose to be intimate with are frozen in time, unable to allow th...

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
~ Bell hooks ~












When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintai...
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