My Self-Esteem Is Not My Husband’s Responsibility

If I trust that he loves me and thinks I’m beautiful, I have only myself to blame for my self-loathing. As it should be.

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I wrote quite some time ago about how my husband isn’t the one with a skewed perception of beauty; it’s me. The sudden thought that prompted that particular essay was like an…