Welcome to Just Breakup, the podcast about love, heartbreak, and all the relationship advice you don't want to hear.

My name is Sierra De Mulder.

And I'm Sam Blackwell. And today we're going to answer a letter from somebody whose partner talks to their mom incessantly.

But before we begin, we just want to give you our Surgeon General's warning, which is that Sierra and I are not licensed mental health practitioners.

No, we are not, we are not professionals.

We are not trained or accredited in any of this.

So please take our advice as you see fit.

We're only here to offer our humble musings.

So hopefully you've had some understanding and maybe some laughs about the incredibly rewarding,

but mostly confusing experience that is love.

Let's get into today's letter.

So today's letter comes from Ray Mick, whose pronouns are she, her, who is writing

from The Void.

Dear Sam and Sierra, hope you are well and that you read my message.

I do love you and your podcast.

I guess you are currently the only ones that I can consult with.

Now that I'm writing this,

I am at a point in my relationship where I do not think talking to my partner will help

anymore, as it has been a bit bumpy recently. The thing is my boyfriend, let's call him May,

and I have been together for long-distance relationship for like three years, on and off at some

points. We do love each other. We try and help each other

build good communication. We have bigger plans of engagement and living together. Long distance

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