From One Clingy Girlfriend to Another

Lillian Maddox
4 min readMay 12, 2022

Don’t let your love language get lost in translation.

Photo by Christiana Rivers on Unsplash

Clingy has become a go-to moniker for women deemed “too much”. Our minds go straight to the trope of the crazy ex-girlfriend, the stalker, the girl who calls you at 3 am “just to check in”.

The first time my partner agreed I was, indeed, a clingy girlfriend, my heart sank. It took some introspection and open…

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Lillian Maddox
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Unabashed oversharer who is too curious for my own good. Exploring fashion, film, pop culture, queerness, and politics with a dash of personal development.