@cortneygetsfit: Our marriage counselor told us to each make a list of what we needed from the other in order to make our marriage work. This was my husbands beginning.. I’ll spare you the rest. Read numbers 3 & 4 again. Put him before myself. Put everyone before myself. Regularly praise him for the life he provided. Make sure our children praised him for it too. That isn’t partnership. That is a hierarchy—and I was expected to live at the bottom of it. Yes, marriage requires effort. Yes, motherhood involves sacrifice. But a healthy relationship does not require a woman to abandon herself, constantly perform gratitude, or teach her children that one parent is the hero while the other exists to serve him. Women are allowed to have needs. Women are allowed to take up space. Women are allowed to choose themselves too. If a man expects you to put yourself last in order to keep his love… run. #healing #divorce #viral #girl #women