“I’m not sure I could live with myself if her career were to become collateral to my mistakes”

“The opportunity cost of raising my own children was losing my career”

“As soon as we were alone, his demeanor completely changed. He became rougher, scarier.”

“After he was diagnosed with MS, our love only grew stronger”

“It didn’t take long for him to find me. He told me he was 23. I told him the truth—that I was 15.”

“My parents’ marriage was loveless. My mother blamed us for her failed dreams.”

“The thing that nobody knows about our perfect family is that my husband is a monster.”

“My marriage is almost happy, but passionless. Should I leave him?”

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“I thought, maybe I shouldn’t have had anything to drink, or I should’ve said no—I didn’t say no.”

“My mom wanted $350. Putting me up for adoption was cheaper than getting an abortion.”

“I was Mormon. I am gay.”

“I’m 19. He’s 34. He promised to leave his wife for me.”

“I guess the lesson here is: don’t get divorced.”

A forced marriage: “I met him on Monday. On Wednesday, we were engaged. On Friday, he went back to America.”

“Help! I think I married a narcissist”

“I had a good job, a loving family, and a white picket fence. This is how I lost it all”

“You can find anything on Craigslist. I found my obsession, my worst nightmare.”

“I can’t stop eating”

“Four months after my mom died, my dad married a new woman. In December, she gave birth to their son.”

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