Sultana

I should add that I've been there, I've done/allowed that, and part of my frustration with this situation is because I see myself at least partially reflected.

I don't intend to look down my nose at Shauk.

But bad situations happen to everyone (not just to those who *deserve* it, whoever decides that), and it's incumbent upon the idividual to learn to protect oneself. No one is going to rescue you from this situation and the pain it brings. Just you. So the sooner you do it, the sooner it's over.

One rarely seens another person take years to remove a band-aid.

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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath.
At night, the ice weasels come." -

Matt Groening

My goal? To fulfill my potential.