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“I regret staying in an abusive marriage for as long as I did for the sake of the kids, then for the sake of the grandkids, then for the sake of wanting to be the couple who celebrated their 50th anniversary. It genuinely wasn’t worth the heartache. On the outside, everything appeared fine, but behind closed doors, it was anything but. I was unhappy; my children, grandchildren, and even the dogs were unhappy. It got to the point where I genuinely didn’t want to be around my ex…ever. I didn’t want to look at her, I didn’t want to hear her voice, and I didn’t want anything to do with her in any way.”
“I can’t say I regret remaining faithful during the marriage because that was important to me, but apparently, she didn’t feel the same way. When I finally did leave and told my youngest, who is my only daughter and has two children of her own now, that I’d finally left, her immediate response was, ‘What took you so long?’ It was all the validation I needed to know I’d finally done the right thing by leaving, but I should have made that decision years earlier.”
—Anonymous
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