I keep seeing relationships in which women have worked hard to support their marriage and family. They uproot and move, they listen to their partners, they put up with behaviors they really don’t respect, they deal with their own loneliness. It’s part of a committed relationship — you have to give, compromise, do your part.

What I’m noticing, though, is that these women don’t know themselves or their own limits. They think they can make room for something and, over time, they actually can’t.