#Checkup

A relationship checkup is a modern ritual of subjecting love bonds to periodic health assessments. In practice, it amounts to measuring the blood pressure of affection while monitoring smartphone pings. By the time couples finish answering contrived questionnaires, anxieties have multiplied like unchecked cells. Simply asking “Are we okay?” somehow spirals into a quagmire of debate. Ultimately one realizes the real concern was never the relationship’s condition, but merely the other person’s available time slots.