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How to leave the wrong relationship

Leaving is hard. Not because you don’t want to leave, but because your comfortable. It’s easy to stay to long, when disrespect has become normal. Feeling less than, unappreciated, invisible, being called out of your name, hit or cheated on IS NOT NORMAL.

So how do you leave? Every situation is different, so please seek professional help if you're in an abusive relationship or have been threatened, stalked or harassed.

The first thing you should do is make sure your serious about leaving. Nothing is worse than leaving today and happy and staying tomorrow. Be sure, after you’ve decided that leaving is the best choice, sit down and speak to the other person. Regardless of how they take the news, stay firm and let them know its over. Call mature family members to help you move or a police escort.

After you leave don’t be intimate with that person. If your done, be done. If necessary, get a restraining order.

Take a moment and focus on your finances and come up with the right plan for you. You may need a second job to make up for the second income loss. But don’t worry, it’ll all be worth it soon.

Everything new is scary but once you get use to it, you’ll smile and give yourself a huge pat on the back, and you deserve it. Struggling a little bit is better than being in a home where you're choosing to be unhappy. .

“the beSt part oF being a mother iS my kiDS anD living liFe with them”