tolerating always turns into resentment. at first, you call it patience, then love. but what it really is, is self abandonment. every time you swallow a boundary, excuse a pattern or silence your discomfort, something inside you keeps score. eventually, the bill comes due.
sincere is an actual emotional terrorist. because what would possess him to tell melanie that he wants her to be his wife and mother of his children after mentally abusing her the whole summer???