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Washington Post
28-05-2025
- General
- Washington Post
Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend of nine years ‘distant and angry' when marriage comes up
Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend and I have been dating for nearly nine years. We have a cat and three dogs, have lived together four years, and moved across the country to start a life together. Recently, he has been distant and angry. He is never violent or cruel but often gets overwhelmed and angry when I talk about the future. He claims he is feeling stuck in a dead-end job and doesn't know what to do about it. We have always talked about marriage and kids but put it on the back burner to focus on our finances. Recently, I have been talking about it more, as many of our friends have gotten married and started having kids, and it's something I really want. He has gotten upset with me for bringing it up, even calling me selfish. Most recently, he said he isn't sure he even wants kids anymore. After every argument, he apologizes and says it's not that he doesn't want that life with me but that we can't afford it. But every time, it feels more like a weak excuse than the last time, as if he's trying to convince himself rather than me. I am terrified this is the end of our relationship. I have never lived alone, come from a large family and deeply love our pets. He was in both of my brothers' weddings, and untangling our lives feels nearly impossible. Is there no way forward? If this is the end, how do I even begin to navigate the dating scene again after nine years? — Tangled Tangled: Give me a second here … · Marriage. · Kids. · Keeping up with friends. · Not living alone. · Staying with deeply loved pets. · Seal of both brothers' approval. · Nooooo, agh, agh, not the dating scene again!?! Okay, got it. That's a list of what is important to you, pulled from your letter. Now you tell me, where does this go: 'Being with the man I love, trust and struggle to imagine my life without'? I didn't see it anywhere. Kind of a glaring omission. Maybe you feel it so completely, it went without saying. You were focused on the situational details, maybe, trying to get it all into an advice question. But I have to ask whether you would ever want to be at the altar because your groom can't bear to part with your dogs. If your boyfriend is the person for you, then … why aren't you listening to him? Where's the strategizing, together, to turn around his dead-end-job status or, if there's no change imminent, address his dead-end-job feelings. Because having each of you so stuck on your own anxiety that you can't grasp the other's is failing both of you. So try showing respect for his 'excuse.' Approach it as a valid block to his thriving and progress. This path may still lead you on your separate way, because a difference in your approaches to life stress is often decisive — but even that is a more productive direction than back into the wall you're both hitting. If instead your letter was accidentally honest — meaning, you're in this only for the security, paternity and pets — then consider your boyfriend's 'job' irritation may be an expression of deeper emotions. Being loved for what he can give you, instead of who he is, creates a loneliness no marriage, pets or career upgrade can ease. He may not even fully identify that as what he's feeling, or you as the source, beyond a systemic despair. So be honest with yourself — then be honest with him. That's how you get through this.
CNA
26-05-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Cross country skiing-Norway's Johaug won't compete in 2026 Olympics
Norwegian Therese Johaug, a four-times Olympic cross country skiing champion, announced on Monday that she will not take part in next year's Winter Olympics. The 36-year-old retired from the sport after winning three gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Olympics but announced a comeback in August to participate in the Nordic World Ski Championships in the Norwegian city of Trondheim where she won three silver medals. "It has been an adventure to be back on the team this winter, but even though I still love skiing, I feel a strong need for more time with my family," Johaug said in a post on Instagram. "I look forward to cheering on the Norwegian team from the sidelines on the road to Cortina and want to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported me during my comeback." The February 6-22 Olympics will be co-hosted by Milan and the Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Reuters
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Norway's Johaug won't compete in 2026 Olympics
May 26 (Reuters) - Norwegian Therese Johaug, a four-times Olympic cross country skiing champion, announced on Monday that she will not take part in next year's Winter Olympics. The 36-year-old retired from the sport after winning three gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Olympics but announced a comeback in August to participate in the Nordic World Ski Championships in the Norwegian city of Trondheim where she won three silver medals. "It has been an adventure to be back on the team this winter, but even though I still love skiing, I feel a strong need for more time with my family," Johaug said in a post on Instagram. "I look forward to cheering on the Norwegian team from the sidelines on the road to Cortina and want to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported me during my comeback." The February 6-22 Olympics will be co-hosted by Milan and the Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Washington Post
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Ski great Therese Johaug puts family first and ends career before 2026 Winter Olympics
OSLO — Four-time Olympic gold medalist Therese Johaug is retiring from cross-country skiing, opting against competing at next year's Winter Games. The 36-year-old Norwegian made the announcement Monday, saying she wants to put her family first. It's the second time Johaug has announced her retirement, having first quit the sport after winning three gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. She made a comeback last season for the Nordic skiing world championships held on home snow in Norway. Johaug would have been competing at her fourth Olympics next February at Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo. She missed the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics while serving a ban after testing positive for a steroid in a lip balm. 'It would have been fun to do the Olympics in Italy,' she told Norwegian broadcaster NRK, adding: 'I want to be a full-time mom.' Johaug has a two-year-old daughter with Nils Jakob Hoff, a two-time Olympian in rowing. Johaug won her first Olympic gold medal in Vancouver in 2010 and took silver and bronze at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The 14-time world champion also won four medals on home snow at the Nordic worlds held in March at Trondheim. ___ AP sports:
Associated Press
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Ski great Therese Johaug puts family first and ends career before 2026 Winter Olympics
OSLO (AP) — Four-time Olympic gold medalist Therese Johaug is retiring from cross-country skiing, opting against competing at next year's Winter Games. The 36-year-old Norwegian made the announcement Monday, saying she wants to put her family first. It's the second time Johaug has announced her retirement, having first quit the sport after winning three gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. She made a comeback last season for the Nordic skiing world championships held on home snow in Norway. Johaug would have been competing at her fourth Olympics next February at Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo. She missed the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics while serving a ban after testing positive for a steroid in a lip balm. 'It would have been fun to do the Olympics in Italy,' she told Norwegian broadcaster NRK, adding: 'I want to be a full-time mom.' Johaug has a two-year-old daughter with Nils Jakob Hoff, a two-time Olympian in rowing. Johaug won her first Olympic gold medal in Vancouver in 2010 and took silver and bronze at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The 14-time world champion also won four medals on home snow at the Nordic worlds held in March at Trondheim. ___ AP sports:
