Do you have abandonment issues?

Decades ago, I most certainly did. I didn’t have a particularly good reason for it —I had no long string of lost exes or estranged parents— but I thought very little of myself and assumed people would want to leave me after the slightest provocation.

Now? Nope. I know beyond question that no one ever wants to leave me. And when they sometimes do, it’s down to life’s vicissitudes, not some tragic flaw in Who I Am or Who She Is.

And frankly, it’s impossible to feel abandoned when so many people love you. I can be heartbroken, but I’m never alone.