throw themselves fully and wholly into relationships, I was blinded by my own desire (fueled by low self-esteem, no doubt) to never let down my partner.
I wanted desperately to be the good guy. But staying in an abusive relationship didn’t make me a hero. She was having a bad time for reasons out of my control and I wanted to save her, but staying just made my life hard for years longer than it had to.
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