normalize leaving people to avoid empathy burnout. yes, i love you, but i am tired of having to ask you to consider me, and i am tired of you not seeing where you went wrong.
Tolerating a man always turns to 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. And eventually, the bill comes due
Isolating a woman with empty promises for a long period of time so you can keep her a secret while using her as much as you can until discarding her when convenient is predatory, narcissistic, and abusive