@youmeusalways: my dad used to say that line at family dinners like it was something to be proud of. and i watched what it did to my mom for eighteen years. every holiday at grandma's house. every argument where he took grandma's side. every time my mom asked for something small and grandma said no, and that was the end of it. i saw my mom shrink at her own table. as a kid, i didn't understand it. i just knew she was sad and he didn't seem to notice. now i'm grown and engaged, and i made my fiance promise me something before he proposed. that our home would come first. not over his family, but before them. our kids are going to see their parents choose each other. that's the pattern ending with me.

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