{"id":101874,"date":"2024-06-04T05:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T05:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/?post_type=web-story&#038;p=101874"},"modified":"2024-06-05T07:35:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T07:35:02","slug":"how-to-stop-wanting-a-relationship-badly-2","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/web-stories\/how-to-stop-wanting-a-relationship-badly-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Wanting a Relationship Badly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Nunito\" rel=\"stylesheet\"><link 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2.4271844660194173%;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">Set new goals and take a class to develop a new skill or hobby.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"c9b50422-c554-449e-b67d-66e34d5fd23d\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-cb05703f-4ab7-40fd-93ba-3d01bf649613\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":600,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-49f0db7f-ca46-4aa1-aadd-42676e87b834\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 99.36050%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":600,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 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