Bringing My Socially-Anxious Partner On My Family Vacation

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Uncomfortable silences

During a long trip when you all stay in the same place, there are bound to be times when some people who don’t know each other that well will wind up running an errand together or being in the same room together. My boyfriend wanted me to stay with him if he, say, went to the grocery store with my brother because he feared he wouldn’t have enough to say to him.

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