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Couples Discussio Necessaria

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Rx #62,756 Marriage & Partnership

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Couples Discussio Necessaria

(One Hard Conversation, with Partner)

Dosage	One (1) conversation, minimum 40 minutes, no phones
Frequency	Quarterly, or as avoided topics accumulate
Duration	Until the topic is resolved, and then one more conversation
Refills	Unlimited, and, statistically, needed

Side effects May include crying, an uncomfortable silence around minute 12, and — rarely — the discovery that the other person has been waiting to have this conversation too.

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The Institute dispenses Couples Discussio Necessaria for:

Score-keeping marriages
The specific tension that builds between people who do not argue but also do not discuss
The pattern of 'we will talk about it later' that has now lasted four months

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Prescription Couples Discussio Necessaria belongs to the Institute Pharmacy's catalog of non-pharmacological interventions. The dosage is fictional. The intervention it describes is not. Patients who follow it tend to observe the predicted side effects.

The pharmacy's plain-language rendering is One Hard Conversation, with Partner. The Latin is for the slip; the English reading is for filling it at home.

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