Over A Million People Agree With This Woman's Brutal Tumblr Thread About Divorce

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mattstaff
Sep 30, 2018 12:00 AM EDT

Brace yourself, this one hits you right in the feels. 

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    Text - acutelesbian A lot of people ask me what my biggest fear is, or what scares me most. And I know they expect an answer like heights, or closed spaces, or people dressed like animals, but how do I tell them that when I was 17 I took a class called Relationships For Life and I learned that most people fall out of love for the same reasons they fell in it. That their lover's once endearing stubbornness has now become refusal to compromise and their one track mind is now immaturity and their b
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    Text - fat-thin-skinny this f ks me up every single time
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    Text - acutelesbian I never expected this to be my most popular poem out of the hundreds I've written. I was extremely bitter and sad when I wrote this and I left out the most beautiful part of that class. After my teacher introduced us to this theory, she asked us, "is love a feeling? Or is it a choice?" We were all a bunch of teenagers. Naturally we said it was a feeling She said that if we clung to that belief, we'd never have a lasting relationship of any sort. She made us interview a dozen
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    Text - Everybody said that it was a choice. It was a conscious commitment. It was something you choose to make work every day with a person who has chosen the same thing. They all said that at one point in their marriage, the "feeling of love" had vanished or faded and they weren't happy. They said feelings are always changing and you cannot build something that will last on such a shaky foundation The married ones said that when things were bad, they chose to open the communication, chose to id
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    Text - Ever since that class, since that project, I never looked at relationships the same way. I understood why arranged marriages were successful. I discovered the difference in feelings and commitments. I've never gone for the person who makes my heart flutter or my head spin. I've chosen the people who were committed to choosing me, dedicated to finding something to adore even on the ugliest days. I no longer fear the day someone who swore I was their universe can no longer see the stars in
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    Text - fr3ight-train This is so fking important and I think it's something I needed right now 1480136 notes
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    Text - skoomalooma 1130 points 3 days ago Sitting here pissed at my wife for petty shit instead of communicating. Could feel the tension leave my body as I read this. Thanks
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    Text - 26 points 3 days ago kittaypandahippoooo0 Noticing your behavior is the first step! We all mess up, but there's always time, a willingness to be kind, and love
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    Text - justlivinthedream 36 points 3 days ago Difference between "infatuation" and "mature love." It is a choice, AND it's a lot of work
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