Let's talk about situationships

I'm never in relationships. It's always situationships.

A bit of a situation.
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I want to be a relationship person. I love the idea of being with a specific someone, of having a person to ask me how my day went, to help me put together my new Ikea desk, to simply just be with me. I love the idea of having a deep, enduring, and monogamous commitment to a single person with whom I share everything in life.

But in reality, I'm a situationship person.

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Amari Pollard

Amari Pollard is the social media editor at The Week and has written for Reader's Digest, Parents, and Inside Lacrosse. She studied journalism at Le Moyne College and can usually be found exploring Brooklyn, thrift shopping, or spending way too much money on brunch.