Member-only story
One Element of a Toxic Relationship Most Ignore
It could be miserable comfort, but it goes a little deeper than that.
You settled didn’t you? You got married, had kids, got the house, live for that 2–3 weeks vacation a year, you’re living the life baby!
You are being a good little student of a life you were taught to live, but didn’t want.
Yea, there are parts of your life you gaslight yourself into believing you love. But let’s me honest. That person you roll over to every morning makes your skin crawl, right?
You might be one of the lucky ones though
Maybe you are so detached from reality and stuck in the social media trance from hell that you accept your life. You are one of them, aren’t you?
Facebook makes you feel a little better about the misery you’re living that you have no idea you are.
You post shit on Facebook you want others to believe you live but don’t. Are you one of them? You know? You highlight the life you were conditioned to live but don’t.
So you escape. You question a lot of things. How could life be as it is now?
You love your kids, or at least that’s what you tell yourself. But if you had a do over you wouldn’t…
