Currently reading: All About Love by bell hooks 📚
Importantly, like many other women and men (irrespective of sexual preference) who are in relationships where they are the objects of intimate terrorism, I would have been able to leave this relationship sooner or recover myself within it had I brought to this bond the level of respect, care, knowledge, and responsibility I brought to friendships.
One of the moments of clarity that led me to get a divorce was this realization: I would never tolerate the treatment I was receiving from my spouse from anyone else in my life. A tough lesson.