Relationships/Marriage
8 Lies That Kept Me in a Bad Marriage
Newsflash: Love doesn’t conquer all.
Looking to religion, popular culture, or our families for cues on how to manage relationships has resulted in so many ridiculous and harmful clichés about relationships being legitimized. I don’t think many are in the habit of critically thinking about these clichés.
For me, these ideas served as an albatross that delayed my exit from a horrible union, rather than giving me confident inspiration to stick it out.
Here are 8 lies I fell for and how they showed up in my marriage. I hope that anyone who might see themselves in my experiences will slow down and take time to figure out what they want, and then take the steps they need to get there.
You Love Them
Granted, this isn’t a lie, but I will start here. I’ve always been a romantic person, and I think that stems from growing up in a violent household, with an abusive, rage-aholic father. I swooned at the idea of love conquering all, things working out almost magically, and hard work paying off. I lived in an immature world of ex-machina desires.
In my mind, if I loved my husband, then I would stay in the marriage no matter what. No matter how many promises he broke or how…
