Note: This post is all about current events. If you’re out of the goop-loop, good on ya, mate.

 

I’m currently addicted to the term “conscious uncoupling” and I can’t seem to shake it. I’m using it constantly. Like when it’s time to take out the trash, I say I’m consciously uncoupling with the garbage. If I put something in the goodwill box, I’m consciously uncoupling with it. Seriously, I can’t get that word monkey off my back, y’all.

 

And then there’s another version of the term that’s also stuck in my brain: unconsciously coupling. As in, maybe fewer people would need to consciously uncouple if they hadn’t unconsciously coupled in the first place. Or, I  need to put that dress in the goodwill box because I unconsciously coupled with it when I shouldn’t oughta.

 

I don’t mean to make light of people’s real-life drama. I’m sure it’s horrible to have to live out a crisis in the public eye. Fortunately, I don’t know what that’s like. I get to make choices, make errors and even make amends in relative privacy. But I can’t help remembering something a friend of mine once told me. She said that when she goes to someone’s perfect house, with a jillion perfect, posed photos on display, she doubts the presentation. She explained that when someone works so hard to present their life as being perfect, she suspects the reality is far more flawed. I’m not saying I agree with her assessment all the time, but I’ve witnessed a few folks who were more concerned with appearances than with appearing real. And maybe my old friend’s theory holds true in the case of all the goop that’s in the news right now.

 

Or maybe not. In which case, maybe I should consciously uncouple with that theory.

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