Other people forget and don't care. I was in a relationship where a man thought it was his God given right to disrespect me because he was a man. He didn't look at his behavior as disrespect and said I was misusing the word. In reality I was misusing my time. When I would try to leave he would become violent and then lay up and cry like he lost his best friend, but I wasn't treated like a best friend. I was just someone who was supposed to tolerate his "masculinity" because I was a woman. There is so much more to being a man than the type of disrespect he delivered and he never seemed to fulfill those qualities. . . "If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it." - Zora Neale Hurston. I was silent about my pain to people on the outside. To those same people, he told them I enjoyed and had no problem with the disrespect. Even though I was very vocal to him, I was told I was creating problems or nagging. A whole chapter in my last book was dedicated to the pain of loving him and as I have said before, people outside of us didn't believe I was talking about he and I. He had people thinking I accepted this. . A few books are coming on this. They aren't about me. They are about us as people and healing through the pain, warning signs, and how to speak out when you feel like no one will listen. . . . I misused my time, my heart, my mind, and my self worth, but I have evolved and have enough jewels to put Tiffany's to shame. 💎 . . . . . #selflove #selfcare #bestfriend #healing #realshit #thatpart #love #intuitive #relationshipgoals #blitch #lightwork #empath #shadowwork #authors #metaphysical #entrepreneur #healers #married #family #marriage #collectivehealing #crystals #vibratehigher #higherconsciousness #tarot #lovers #goals #motivation https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsae2VolaYf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oqyftoiymiqm