Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step by Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay in or Get Out of Your Relationship

by Mira Kirshenbaum

I feel comfortable saying that you’ll feel you’ve discovered what’s right for you if you choose to leave. Quick take: If it never was very good, it’ll never be very good.

#1: it’s your decision, but most people in your situation who end up leaving are glad they did.

Quick take: Physical abuse means love is dead.

Quick take: If you look like you’re leaving your relationship and act like you’re leaving it, you’re leaving it. You know best.

Most important was the sense he’d had that if he really were a good person he’d stay and work harder at it. Only a bad person, he thought, would walk out on a partner and all the hopes they’d had for the future,

there’s a relationship not ending because someone feels too responsible.

Quick take: If God’s saying “Hey, whatever you want is okay with me” is all you’d need to feel it’s okay to leave, it’s okay to leave.

Quick take: Real love needs real loving experiences.