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matrimony - by Molly Mielke - Milky

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December 2024

I got engaged recently :) and keep getting asked the question of how I knew he was the one. My answer is simple: he saw me fully from the beginning, made me feel deeply safe, our dynamic felt like play, and I truly believe he’s the best person I know. Love has changed me a lot. I used to be an incessant ruminator, convinced I could create the outcomes I wanted if I just plotted and planned the world (and more accurately, myself) into submission. The past few years have been a process of learning to trust and nesting in myself. Lesson #1 was learned over our first dinner. I’d never felt so…

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