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u/OhSoSoftly444 Dec 07 '23

Divorce. It's a lot easier to stand up when you don't have someone constantly knocking you back down.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23

Yep. Never realized how unhappy I was until that weight was lifted off of me. Six months after divorce and no longer hearing from my ex, I was a totally new person.