I love you, but I won’t betray myself to keep you.

There was a time in my life when I believed love meant endurance…

Enduring the yelling.

The gaslighting.

The silence that cut deeper than words.

I thought…

“If I just hang in there long enough, maybe they’ll finally love me the way I need.”

But real love — the kind that heals, not harms — doesn’t ask you to abandon yourself.

Healthy relationships have boundaries.

Not ultimatums.

But firm, clear lines that say:

“I love you, but I won’t betray myself to keep you.”

People in healthy love don’t m