I also come from a family where people don't know that "love should not hurt us." Glennon speaks for the the women in my family, too: "We want to be good girls with tidy lives so we do not dare to disturb the universe by telling a few people to be decent or get the fuck out of our beautiful lives. To be decent or get the fuck out of our children’s beautiful lives."
Anger builds up, and self- destruction takes over like kudzu. But Glennon says it better. So go read her.
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