
‘It takes two.’ ‘It’s give and take.’ ‘It’s all about commitment.’ Those are a few of the slogans I’ve heard people use in regards to relationships and marriage.
While I agree that all of those things may be important and true, sometimes we simply fall short in keeping up with those standards.
I never considered myself to be the type of person who would fall short at anything that really mattered to me. I had integrity, I was loyal, and I was determined.
By my late twenties I was already divorced.
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The relationship had been an abusive one and it took me years to extract myself from it. After the divorce was over with and I had moved away from my ex-husband, things felt as if they were finally getting back on track.
I had a great job, I didn’t have children yet. I was a free, independent woman.
And then I slipped.
I did something I had judged others for doing in the past and something that I had always said I would never do.