I was in a toxic marriage. It wasn’t like that in the beginning, but I’m pretty sure that’s how it works. It starts out full of promise and gradually bit by bit there are the little hurts, that become demands and all you want is to get things back to how it was in the beginning.
And of course you think it’s something you did or didn’t do, because it was just so perfect, He was so perfect it must be your fault.
At first there are the suggestions, until they become demands. Or there’s a push and pull. Come here! Go away! What happened? Everything was so great. What did I do?
I stayed with my husband for over thirty years. I was miserable by the end, but when he died I felt like there was a huge hole in my soul.
As the years went by, I realized the damage that was done. The manipulation, the lies, the purposeful cruelty. But bit by bit it’s all going away. I’m finally free to live my life on my terms. It feels good.
Thank you for posting this, it is no small thing to be caught up in a toxic relationship. I suffered deeply from mine. I’m very grateful to be free of it. And it’s wonderful to have people to help you. Don’t be afraid to reach out. There is a brighter place for you.
We are all actually in toxic relationship because of this regime/so-called presidency.
They are protecting criminals in so many different ways.
Hear, hear! A national relationship of toxicity. Worse than the black plague, the orange plague.
There is a typo in your email address link
I was in a toxic marriage. It wasn’t like that in the beginning, but I’m pretty sure that’s how it works. It starts out full of promise and gradually bit by bit there are the little hurts, that become demands and all you want is to get things back to how it was in the beginning.
And of course you think it’s something you did or didn’t do, because it was just so perfect, He was so perfect it must be your fault.
At first there are the suggestions, until they become demands. Or there’s a push and pull. Come here! Go away! What happened? Everything was so great. What did I do?
I stayed with my husband for over thirty years. I was miserable by the end, but when he died I felt like there was a huge hole in my soul.
As the years went by, I realized the damage that was done. The manipulation, the lies, the purposeful cruelty. But bit by bit it’s all going away. I’m finally free to live my life on my terms. It feels good.
Thank you for posting this, it is no small thing to be caught up in a toxic relationship. I suffered deeply from mine. I’m very grateful to be free of it. And it’s wonderful to have people to help you. Don’t be afraid to reach out. There is a brighter place for you.