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"I let my couple die": the "quiet quitting", or the resignation in love little by little

2022-11-25T09:14:48.633Z


DECRYPTION - Rather than admitting to the partner that it's all over, some prefer to gradually disengage from their couple, in the same way as others disinvest from their work by being satisfied with the bare minimum.


“With hindsight, I realize it, I let my couple die.

Even if a part of me wanted to believe it, I knew full well that it was doomed to failure.

Laura * recognizes it: with her ex-boyfriend Alexis, she did not make a lot of effort to maintain the flame.

On the contrary, she even got down to bringing the story to an end, without clearly saying "I'm leaving you".

“For months, I went about my life without really caring about him.

In the evening, I went to the gym or on the terrace to drink shots with my friends;

on weekends, I would go shopping...” Laura did not make the decision to leave Alexis.

She separated from him over time, emotionally and physically.

This disengagement has a name: “quiet quitting”;

understand, the art of stepping down gradually, quietly.

The phrase first appeared in the corporate world, referring to employees who decide to stop doing too much and…

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Source: lefigaro

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