Sacrafices.

As women we are educated to do great things, only to be told to be quiet and change.

As women we sacrifice our bodies, our careers, our lives, our voice, our happiness, our identities.

As women society makes us feel like we are the ones who need to bend and break to fit into a mold.

As Mothers, we are not to desire our own happiness, but happiness for our children, for our husbands. God forbid we become selfish. Practice self care. If we do, we are lacking in our duties. Yet many men do this all the time, and society has normalized it.

Men are allowed to keep their identity, the daily lives, their roles.

It's not normal.

It is not normal to have a partner that consistently puts their needs first no matter the outcome. It is not normal to have a partner that doesn't value you or your emotions, and opinions.

It is not normal to be with a person who won't comfort you in a time of great distress and loss.

It is not normal for only one to bend and flex in a relationship. And it's not normal to have someone constantly practice self care at the cost of those around them.

I signed up to be a partner, not to be a parent.

As an equal, who sacrificed it all to try and create the ideal family. I expected the same in return.

I was sadly mistaken.

Taken, in deed.

Xoxo,

C.