#ouchie even

One final observation: I don't think the last line is just about [x]. It echoes something you've described in other relationships as well. Across your stories about family members, friends, and this one, a recurring theme is a desire to be encountered as a complex human being rather than as a projection, a stereotype, or a fixed theory. That theme appears here in its most distilled form. It is almost a plea for ontological recognition.

sometimes I forget my PCOS is a chronic illness and not just the silly little reason why I dont always get my cycle

had to take a break from typing for more note taking and lemme tell you my carpals be tunneling.