The one change that worked: I told the men in my life I loved them – and my world opened up
At first I felt uncomfortable telling my dad, brother and friends how I felt.
The Guardian reports that at first I felt uncomfortable telling my dad, brother and friends how I felt.
But I soon found it liberating, and once I started, I couldn’t stop Until my thirties, I didn’t tell my brothers or my dad that I loved them. I had never told my friends, whom I love, that I loved them.
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