i admire women who leave. i don't care if you left the first time he disrespected you or if it took 10 years to finally walk away. i don't care how many times you forgave, believed the apologies, or stayed hoping things would change. i admire that because leaving someone you deeply loved is never easy. people act like walking away is simple, but they never talk about the heartbreak, fear, attachment, and loneliness that come with it. sometimes, the hardest thing a woman can do is choose herself after spending so long choosing everyone else. that's why i admire women who leave, because one day, despite all the pain, they finally decide that losing themselves hurts more than losing the person they loved.