self-worth

We got married last year through family introduction. My parents were so happy — he was a senior engineer in Bangalore, good salary, settled. They didn’t care much about how we talked or if we even li...

We got married when I was 23. I dropped my job after a year because lola said it’s better for the family if I stay home. Now we’re separated and I don’t even know what I like anymore. Foods, movies, e...

We’ve been married 1.5 years, and I live with his parents in Chennai while he’s posted in Dubai. Every time he’s here, things are okay — but the second he leaves, it’s like I’m back to being the ‘new...

I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years now, he's from the South and I'm from the North. Already, we've had our fair share of differences, but I love him and I know he loves me too - he says I'm the l...

I’ve been with my fiancé for 7 years… 5 of them long distance while he finished med school in Paris. We talk every day, but it’s always the same — him tired, me asking if he ate, then silence. My fami...

we met in college, she was the first person who made me feel seen, but also the first person i ever hid myself for. stayed with her through grad school, moving back to shanghai, her parents never liki...

i was with my girlfriend for 4 years and we lived together most of that time. we both said we were saving ourselves for marriage but then we kept making exceptions and it just felt wrong every time. i...

Imagine my uncle called my mum last week asking if they forgot to collect the bride price… me and Emeka have been married 9 months ooo. We did the church thing, white wedding, even the traditional mar...

The thing is, I was raised watching my family and friends believe that love is supposed to hurt sometimes, and I'm not sure if I've escaped that mindset. My girlfriend, mi amor, she says it too - that...

We’ve been married 7 years, three kids, and not once — not on our wedding day, not after I lost the baby weight, not even when I got my hair done for our anniversary last year — has he told me I look...

I've been with my partner for 5 years, we met in uni & everything was perfect, but then he got a job in London and I stayed back in Wales. The distance has been killing me, feels like I'm just going t...

I've been dating this guy for a few months now and he says I'm the love of his life which is sweet but honestly it's getting kinda old hearing it when I'm always the one giving in. Like last weekend h...

So my parents found this girl… family knows family, Delhi girl, same background, all that. They’re already talking engagement and I can tell they’re serious. Honestly, she’s nice — educated, calm, all...

The thing is, my partner says I'm the love of his life, but I feel like I'm always the one giving in. We live in my hometown, which he finds suffocating, but it's where my family is and I couldn't ima...

So I ended things with my ex after 4 years — he was kind, steady, always put in effort. Never raised his voice even when I was being unfair. We talked about moving in together last winter and he start...

so i was with my ex for 3 years and honestly i don’t know how it happened but i kinda disappeared. she wanted me to stay in on weekends i stayed in she didn’t like me playing in the band anymore so i...

So we’ve been together 8 months and things were going good—like I finally felt like I was in a healthy space after everything I’ve been through with recovery and all—but lately it’s like every time I...

We were together for 5 years, on and off since college. When she left for Canada, I thought it was just for work. Then she marries some guy she barely knew—just for the visa, she says. I was heartbrok...

I don’t even know how to say this without crying, but I think I’m more scared of losing my partner than actually missing him if he were gone ay dios mio that sounds so bad out loud. We’ve been togethe...

Every time I try to say no to something—like visiting her parents again on weekends or not checking her phone—she bursts into tears. Like full-on sobbing, can't breathe, says I don’t love her anymore....