Happy Birthday, hurting.
Have a great day, do something fun for yourself.
You should be
so proud of yourself, for noticing the warnings, and listening to yourself.
As for the people who are desperate to stay in relationships...
It's sad, but I'm seeing that, too.
On a talk radio station this morning, I heard the DJ talking about one of his listener's Valentine's Day gift from her boyfriend, and having people call in.
He bought her a certificate to take a "Pole Dancing Workshop," and her message said that she felt really uncomfortable with that.
The DJ (a man) felt that the gift should have never been given, because it was a gift for the boyfriend, not for the recipient.
The men callers vacillated between saying it was a poor gift, to saying that she could "compromise" because the boyfriend obviously felt something was "lacking" in the relationship.
And
all the female callers said that she should go to the class to hold on to "her man," because otherwise he'd run off cheating on her because she didn't do what he wanted.
Men like that are a dime a dozen, but if you spend all your time clinging to one, you'll miss out on all the good ones.