"Her heart is huge and she is passionate about so many social causes, but sometimes her save the world ethos can be annoying. Case in point: she loves picking up litter that isn't hers. Maybe loves is too strong a word, but she can't help herself when it comes to picking up rubbish, and sometimes I feel it's unnecessary. If she sees a piece of rubbish on the pavement, she will pick it up."
"She ropes me in sometimes and I am happy to do them, but it's hard work and also quite depressing when you see the rubbish on the beach at almost the same level a month later. Obviously, it's lovely that Abi cares so much about the world around her she can also get obsessive about recycling but sometimes it gets her down, too. She has OCD and anxiety, and she can get stressed when she is overworked."
Abi cares passionately about social causes and frequently picks up litter and other people's dog waste during walks. She participates in beach cleans and sometimes ropes her partner in to help. The litter-picking and repeated exposure to environmental degradation depress her and can intensify her OCD and anxiety. She watches documentaries about fishing and fast fashion that can leave her bemoaning the state of the world for hours. Her partner admires her compassion and comforts her when she is upset, but finds the litter-picking dirty, unnecessary at times, and worries about her becoming overworked. The partner wishes Abi would protect her own peace more and leave some litter for others.
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