The same question comes up every time.
“If it was so bad, why did you stay?”
And, every time, the same answers.
“Because I didn’t have the strength.”
“Because I didn’t know I could.”
“Because I loved them.”
That’s why I stayed.
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Modern Day Dirae 
I thought the line…I didn’t know I could….said a lot with only five words.
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It’s so hard to get our heads around why someone stays…often they don’t feel they deserve better. It’s hard to help someone help themselves if they don’t believe! Powerful work!
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I know someone exactly like this. It breaks my heart. Such an honest and truthful perspective!
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Heart wrenching story. Unfortunately true for many.
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A lot of much needed empathy shines through in your words for people in a situation like this. I appreciate how simply you described this.
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Why do these people keep asking the same question. Emotional tourists! (Nice job.)
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Ahhh…I could have written this one too. So many reasons to leave. And yet so many reasons to stay. I left anyway.
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