I had to wait years to leave so I could save, so I could plan… it’s hard. And I’m lucky, I have a decent job and decent pay… but it still took time and that time left me with C-PTSD and a whole host of other issues which I’ll never recover from.
This is so real. People act like leaving is just about courage, but no one talks about the cost — rent, bills, food, childcare. It’s not weakness, it’s literally math. Staying isn’t always a lack of strength, sometimes it’s survival. And honestly? That’s smart. ❤️
"They stay because even the heartbreak novels assume you have somewhere else to go." So many great lines here, Jessica. So much truth it makes my heart ache.
Every. Word. Every single word.
I had to wait years to leave so I could save, so I could plan… it’s hard. And I’m lucky, I have a decent job and decent pay… but it still took time and that time left me with C-PTSD and a whole host of other issues which I’ll never recover from.
Thank you for these powerful words.
What a powerful statement to approach people's situations from their own perspectives and nor from our own perspectives.
This is so real. People act like leaving is just about courage, but no one talks about the cost — rent, bills, food, childcare. It’s not weakness, it’s literally math. Staying isn’t always a lack of strength, sometimes it’s survival. And honestly? That’s smart. ❤️
We need more conversations like this. No one talks about why women can't leave. Thank you for opening this up x
Exactly. This is just another way they blame women for struggling in a society designed to keep them as property, not as equals.
I feel seen, so much. I have had these exact same thoughts about my relationship.
"They stay because even the heartbreak novels assume you have somewhere else to go." So many great lines here, Jessica. So much truth it makes my heart ache.
Strange to feel so fortunate that wife & I can afford to live separately.... (Thanks, in part, to German soshie system.....)
Many are stuck where they don't want to be. Sadly.
no, no one tells you this.
Yep.