Leaving a partner might be hard but if you really want to, do it now
Many women find themselves stuck in marriages even though their inner guts tell them to leave as there is nothing to fight for anymore. The reasons women struggle to stay range from the fear of being alone to concern that their leaving will devastate their spouses. Doing what one wants to do because one wants to do it is hard for everyone, but it is particularly hard for women. They are, after all, the gender onto which a giant “Here to Serve” button has been eternally pinned.
Women are expected to nurture and give by the virtue of their femaleness. They are expected to consider other people’s feelings and needs before their very own. Those are indeed beautiful traits. It doesn’t hurt to be nurturing, generous, and considerate. Certainly, an ethical and evolved life entails a whole lot of doing things one doesn’t particularly want and not doing things that one very much wants, regardless of gender. However, an ethical and evolved life also entails telling the truth about oneself and living that truth.
⚡️Sometimes, leaving a relationship because you want to is your truth and it doesn’t stop you from being a decent human.
You can leave and still be there for your partner if he or she needs it. Leaving because you want to doesn’t translate to packing your bags the moment there is strife, struggle, or uncertainty. But if you deeply yearn to be free of a particular relationship and you feel that yearning more firmly than any other contrary yearnings, your desire to leave is not only valid but probably the right thing to do — even if someone is hurt by that. The truth often hurts, after all.