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Love Shouldn't Feel Bad - by Heather Havrilesky - Ask Polly

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Forget the red flags and pay attention to how you feel.

Untitled (1964) by Helen Lundeberg I don’t write about sorting partners or friends into piles of good and bad very often for one obvious reason: It’s often more relaxing not to view the world through those reductive lenses. If you want to feel hopeful and open, it’s not always great to walk around with a map covered in steep cliffs, quicksand, and rip tides. Nevertheless, lately I’ve been feeling grateful that I still have so many of these maps, folded up in my top drawer, covered in scribbles and notes and red wine stains. Because the healthiest, happiest relationships in my life were…

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