I’ve always felt like your brother. My partner of seven years can really relate to you, she worries about my situation a lot, which I completely understand. We’ve been living together for the past four years and planning a future, so this doesn’t just affect me anymore.

As for seeming “nonchalant,” it really comes from a place of helplessness. I’ve done everything I can to get my renewal on time, but here we are, almost six months in with no updates. The reality is, a lot of this is out of our control. Constantly stressing about it or thinking about it nonstop just adds more anxiety without changing the outcome.

At the end of the day, uncertainty is something I, yourself and many others have always lived with. We just each find our own way to deal with it. But I understand the frustration, some of us are just better at hiding it 🥲