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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It just made me sad for her. She gave up on what she wanted (a "classic" marriage) for some dude who was divorced multiple times by his mid-twenties.

Girl, being single isn't that bad.[/quote]

OP here. Yes, I'm really feeling for Lindy and it makes me sad that someone who has inspired me previously with her writing could have been strong-armed into this situation and then gaslit into believing it's actually good for her.

There's especially this tone to the whole thing like this was all about Lindy learning lessons about relationships, jealousy, and possessiveness. Like she was stupid before, believing that you can have a healthy relationship where a man could be faithful to only her, but now she's been enlightened and understands that it was selfish for her to ever believe that.

Look, women get sold a lot of BS about fairy tales and happily ever after. I'm 10 years married and I don't hold a lot of illusions about monogamy being some perfect paradise. But this idea that a woman would need to be *educated* into thinking that what she wants out of a relationship and a marriage is wrong, and that actually what is "good for her" is the kind of relationships that she explicitly didn't want? ICK. Just no.[/quote]

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