Relationships
When disappointment keeps repeating, look at the pattern
A disappointment hurts. When the same kind keeps returning, I want to look at the pattern too. What am I expecting? What am I overlooking? What…
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How do we make room for another person without losing ourselves? These reflections look at love, boundaries and the choices inside a relationship. Start with respect without double standards, the love you gave or empathy that can include an uncomfortable truth.
For a story from the people behind a dating app, meet Gentiana and Xhemajl in Berlin.
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Do not regret the love you gave
I do not want to regret the love I gave just because a relationship ended. It was real for me. I can value that and still…
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Looking back at 2025 through the relationships behind dua
At the end of 2025, I wanted to celebrate the couples, engagements, marriages and families connected through dua. Behind the product work were people beginning something…
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Dating preferences and respect: what I meant at dua.com
Why personal choice and respect belong together in dating, explained through my original dua.com post and concrete examples of profile language.
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The relationship stories behind a dating app
Dates. Engagements. Weddings. Families. In my July 2023 conversation for Zë me Mirën, I spoke about the photos and stories people shared with dua. That is…
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Don’t go all-in with someone who isn’t all in with you
Don’t go all-in with someone who isn’t all in with you. Actions always speak louder than words, and if you go all in but…
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Dream relationship: Creator & deep Connection
Creator & Connection: What we are looking in a life partner: A person who wants to grow, a creator who isn’t lazy; and whom…
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Love is the goal to aspire
Love and meaning are the centre of this personal reflection. I imagine what might remain if the familiar parts of life disappeared, then ask…
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When you find your love
Finding your love is finding yourself. It’s finding your path and a person that really gets you, because you get that person, because it’s…
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Words I didn’t remember
While explaining to Eduard some parts that I had read in the books ‘Atomic Habits’ and ‘The Almanack of Naval Ravikant’ I couldn’t explain…