thank you. that’s very useful advice. sounds like a v similar situation to what I’m going through. I’ve definitely felt what you mean about just being friends and this lightening the relation up a bit; I’ve genuinely enjoyed hanging out with her lately with no strings attached.
moving is gonna be tricky bc we have a contract that goes until next july. I don’t think either of us are really confronting what it means to actually separate either. It’s in a weird place but I’m doing my best to just move on.
mutual really, stuff wasn’t working for a long time.
good advice but hard to follow. We did have several days of NC after this first happened but we also live together and still feel strongly for one another.
We opened the relationship briefly shortly before this happened but she lied to me about what was going on at every step with this person when the one thing that I had asked was to be open about what we’re up to. That’s what broke things up in the first place. Not quite as bad as straight up cheating, but a massive breach of trust nonetheless.
yeah, I’m going through cycles of accepting it and then slipping back into “what if one day…” type thinking. it sucks. trying to be strong and accept that it’s over but it’s difficult
organised political education built into the regular activity of a mass socialist party
the road to mass political education isn’t just handing out books and pamphlets but developing infrastructure and organisers who are popular pedagogues that can spread Marxist thought beyond the confines of small, insular groups. at the same time the need and usefulness of revolutionary theory must be demonstrated by the effectiveness of our interventions into the class struggle wherever it is to be found.
good luck to you too. It’s a really shitty situation. I’m trying to start dating to take my mind off things, at least casually, to help with the self-esteem blow that it’s been. idk if that’s a good idea but it’s helping in the short term to remind myself that whatever happens, I will find happiness somehow.