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"Since you guys totally got it when I shared my theory of the dreaded single-girl phenomenon of Breaking the Seal, I have another theory I want to commiserate over&amp;amp;#133; I&amp;amp;#8217;m calling it: spotting the tip of the relationship iceberg. Mostly so I can use this picture and make Titanic references, because priorities. The gist of it is, it&amp;amp;#8217;s the moment in a relationship (casual or serious, it doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t matter) when you just get the cold feeling in your gut that things are about to get icy and probably disastrous. The shift is so minor&amp;amp;#8212;his phrasing in a text is a little more formal than his usual casual messages, or he stiffens ever so slightly when you lean in for a kiss&amp;amp;#8212;that you almost don&amp;amp;#8217;t notice it and you might even try to convince yourself you&amp;amp;#8217;re imagining it, but deep down, you know you&amp;amp;#8217;re not. Other people will try to convince you it&amp;amp;#8217;s all in your head, because on the surface, it looks like nothing, or at least like something you can handle. In this scenario, other people are the captain, being all, &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s totally fine, keep going full steam ahead with your love boat. I&amp;#x27;m not worried!&amp;amp;#8221; or that Mr. Andrews guy, like, &amp;amp;#8220;No way, your relationship is definitely unsinkable.&amp;amp;#8221; But you know, Rose Dewitt Bukat-about-to-be-dumped. It&amp;#x27;s a sinking feeling. (Sinking, get it? Too far?) Just like we all knew what was going to happen to Kate and Leo&amp;#x27;s blissful romance, you know that that tiny, barely visible spot in the distance is about to reveal a huge, cold, relationship problem. Have you ever experienced a moment like this? I was reminded of it recently when a friend was telling me about a third date she&amp;#x27;d been on with a guy she really liked, but she feared he was losing interest. I asked her why, and she had trouble explaining, other than that his texts seemed &amp;quot;distant.&amp;quot; I told her it might be nothing, but she sensed that she knew. He still hasn&amp;#x27;t asked her out again. I don&amp;#x27;t know if it&amp;#x27;s a women&amp;#x27;s intuition thing or what, but I&amp;#x27;ve been through a similar thing many times before, both with serious boyfriends or guys I was just casually dating. And I&amp;#x27;ve never been wrong about it either. I remember the icy terror that sliced through my heart when my now ex-boyfriend didn&amp;#x27;t take my hand to cross the street after dinner one August night. I told myself it was hot, and he didn&amp;#x27;t like holding hands when he was sweaty. But I knew, and 36 hours later I was confronting him over another woman. Blammo! Relationship crash and burn freeze (works better with my weak iceberg analogy). Ugh. It&amp;#x27;s a terrible feeling, but I&amp;#x27;m a firm believer in trusting your gut. If you get the feeling things are about to get rocky, it&amp;#x27;s best to face it head-on and deal with what&amp;#x27;s coming next. Denial never helped anyone. Has this ever happened to you? Isn&amp;#x27;t it the WORST feeling? Your heart will go on: *Why You Should Go Ahead and Listen to Lots of Sad Music After a Breakup *Dramatic Breakups Going Viral Are the New Elaborate Proposal Going Viral *One Woman&amp;#x27;s Attempt to Make a Big, Romantic Comedy-Like Gesture After a Breakup. Hint: Hilarity Ensues! Photo: Alamy"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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