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“My husband gives me the silent treatment whenever we have a conflict”

My husband gives me the silent treatment whenever we have a conflict. It doesn’t matter if he’s mad at me or if I’m upset about something—his go-to reaction is to shut down and ignore me.

We’ve been together for 13 years, and this has been his pattern from the start. After four or five days of silence, I usually end up begging him to talk to me. Most of the time, the only thing that gets him to engage is when I say I’m done and can’t take it anymore. Then suddenly, he’ll talk.

Last year, we separated for five months. I told him I couldn’t live like this anymore. When we got back together, things seemed better. At first, during conflict, he’d go quiet for a couple of hours—but he’d eventually come talk to me. Now we’re back to square one. It’s day four of silence again, and I don’t know what to do.

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What Medical School Is Really Like

First Year: The Humbling

They say med school is like drinking from a firehose. What they don’t tell you is that first year feels like the hose is aimed directly at your soul.

You walk in on day one thinking you’re hot shit. You crushed undergrad. You aced the MCAT. You probably even helped someone in your family with a diagnosis once and felt like a mini-Grey’s Anatomy character. Then—boom. Within two weeks, you’re drowning in histology slides, biochemical pathways, and anatomical jargon you can’t even pronounce, let alone understand.

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Reading This Has Helped Me Embrace the Natural Cycle of Life and Death with My Pets

Pet Loss

I have an old dog in kidney failure too. Haven’t told her yet, she just keeps being happy.

I’m old too, and I’ve had animals my whole life, mostly cats and dogs in various multiples. Do the math and you can see I’ve been here before.

The way I reconcile it is pretty straightforward, and well in line with the overall Stoic approach to things. It always begins the same way- see things plainly for what they are, understand the natures of the things involved, and respond reasonably and virtuously to the reality around us.

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Las Vegas Is Eating Itself

Las Vegas used to lie to you in a fun way.

It was a city built entirely on the agreement that both of you — you and it — were full of shit. You weren’t really going to win. It wasn’t really going to treat you fairly. But the mutual deception had style. There was theater to the transaction. You walked in knowing you’d probably lose, and Vegas handed you just enough illusion to make the loss feel worth it.

That agreement is gone. The illusion has been replaced with a spreadsheet, and the showgirls have been replaced with fees.

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