“It always seems to go the same. One person got to leave the house. The other person looked after the little ones. They struggled to leave the house because the tantrums and sickness is wearing them thin.”
‘Do you know that conversation at the end of the day? That conversation where you talk to your partner about the day and what happened to each of you?’
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“I realized why I hadn’t given up on someone so toxic for so long. I just wanted to be loved by a man. I wanted to feel acceptance from a man.”
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“It’s the BEST THING I’VE DONE YET! She forever wants to be held and now I get my break.”
‘I love you, but it’s really important I have a blood child.’ I tried for 10 years. I saw my dreams go up in smoke.’: Woman with PCOS, Endometriosis survives near-death experience, gets pregnant after decade of trying
“I was in and out of consciousness. The doctor grabbed this huge syringe and needle (I mean HUGE). I thought he was going to stick it in my stomach, but he put it somewhere else…inside me, through my cervix and into my stomach. I just knew I was about to have to terminate my baby. They weren’t even giving me a choice. They had to cut me wide open. I had a C-section scar but no baby to show for it.”
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“You will smile and cry at the same time.”
‘So God made a sister’
“He knew you needed another set of eyes to bear witness to all the glorious magic and madness of your childhood – someone who could feel the ache of memories long past and smile with knowing eyes when you talk about the good ole’ days.”
‘This isn’t just a toilet bowl. It’s a metaphor for a communication problem, not because either of us are full of sh*t either.’
“Every time I went to the toilet after my husband, it was moved to a different spot. I’d move it back to the sweet spot, back to the front. For days, this went on. I’d move it, he would move it out of the way. This upset me, and I didn’t know why.”
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“I knew he was horrified by what happened and I didn’t care to belittle him or press the issue. What was done was done. At least that’s what I thought.”
‘I have not needed a feather of my own in many years. I knew why he did.’
“I get it. I’m a lot like you, Oliver.”
‘I walked by the man cave. ‘I love you very much!,’ he shouted. That night, at the age of 32, I became a widow.’: Pregnant wife’s harrowing journey after unexpected death of husband
“I finally fell asleep with the sounds of Dan’s snores in the background. At 3:40 a.m., for some odd reason, I opened my eyes. I heard silence. I ran downstairs. To this day, I have no idea why I panicked. I turned on the light to the man cave. He was right where I left him only 40 minutes earlier, still in his recliner. Only this time, I knew he wasn’t asleep.”