"This above all - to thine own self be true"
as Shakespeare said.
If anyone reads the post and does realise that that is them - *do* leave your partner. Do it gracefully, especially if you have kids together, but go.
Life is too short to be unhappy. People told me I was brave when I left my ex. I told them they were braver to stay in relationships that made them unhappy and which weren't going to get any better.
Sad how few couples seem really happy. Sadder still to see people stuck in the same repetitive cycle year after year after year. To end with another quote:
"and then one day you find
10 years have got behind you
no-one told you when to run
you missed the starting gun"
( I_Was_Mordred, Thu 27 Dec 2007, 12:57, Reply)