I swore I would never become a number, one of the married young, divorced soon couples. But I did. We were married 9 years, have a beautiful daughter, but the emotional pain was not worth it. Let me tell you, feeling useless, unloved & unwanted in your own home is not a good headspace to be in. We went through 3 different rounds of marriage counseling, with 3 different counselors. Not 3 sessions, 3 series of sessions. All they achieved was to show how blind to my situation my ex was.
Then after it was all said & done, my now hubby helped me realize how strong I really am (thanks to the bs I went through). And I'm determined to not ever go down that road again.
So yes, thank you and congrats to everyone who has stuck through and made it work, and are growing old together. I'm going to grow old with this man, but sometimes you stumble on the path to finding the right road.