Your Significant Other May Be Cushioning And You Wouldnt Even Know It
News Source : HuffPost
News Summary
- A “backburner’ is “a person to whom one is not presently committed, and with whom one maintains some degree of communication,” according to a 2014 study.
- Backburner relationships are subject to the same frustrating, everyday complications any other couple experiences.
- “They provide a little jolt of validation that you might be missing in your relationship due to turmoil, but that’s all they’ll ever be,’ said comedian Xaxier Toby.
Years ago, writer Sara C. felt palpable chemistry with a coworker. She had been married for 14 years at the time, but her friendship with the man was flirtatious and she started to fixate on it. They [+6209 chars]
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