i had made this weird, silly commitment to myself that i was only going to say i love you to a person when i knew i could follow up on it; i want to mean it when i say it

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whatever i'm angry at isn't really his fault, but it's hard to let go of anger in those moments because what i'd do is i'd go out in the world and give my best to everyone else and then come home and be exhausted and if something's gone wrong on my day i'll take it out on him

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