I was far from alone in going through a major breakup. Perhaps others found romantic love was not enough to fulfil them, says editor Moya Lothian-McLean
I was far from alone in going through a major breakup. Perhaps others, too, found romantic love was not enough to fulfil them
I am not under the illusion that our informal data collection would weather scientific scrutiny. Nor is it likely to apply beyond our social spheres, which skew heavily towards urban-dwelling, middle-class millennials. For others, I’m sure 2022 will be remembered as the year it seemed everyone was getting engaged, or setting up. For my friends, though, the rate of big breakups became a running joke.
Talking with some of the newly single – and examining my own feelings – I sensed a dramatic change of perspective. A cliche, perhaps, but lockdown, the scale of loss and the long tail of Covid-19 problems have As the months slipped by, I was gnawed by the sense that this “happy enough” relationship was actually shortchanging us. So much of our existence as young people feels decided by forces beyond our control, from the pandemic to the housing market and the government’s shredding of public services.
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