Three people discuss a relationship ending after divorce papers were brought. One person keeps saying the partnership is over, another wants to stay but knows it's final, and the third reflects on choosing to remain despite feeling they could thrive alone. The advice: do the inner work and open up emotionally instead of shutting down.
You're saying that you want him to fight for you, but your actions have proved this relationship isn't worth fighting for.
I still want it, man. But this is the last year, all this within this year.
I think when I asked you the question earlier if you are in love, you said you're not in love anymore. You even brought divorce papers here.
Mm-hmm. So you brought divorce papers here? The same ones he told me that I never had.
Yeah, so the fact that you brought 'em here and you know you're a very intelligent woman, so you knew we were gonna find some in your phone and so, This was sort of the last nail you needed in that coffin to say, "I'm done." Absolutely. Because you know he's done now too. Mm-hmm.
I have given my all to women. I should be living my best life by myself. But I choose to be in a relationship.
So hear me out, and this is what I need you to know. I do believe there is a woman out there that's going to value you. But before you find that woman, you gotta do some work on yourself. And that work does not start with shutting down. It starts with opening up. Okay? I don't want you alone and I don't want you shut down. Okay? You deserve love and you deserve happiness, but you've gotta do the work to get there. All right? That's understandable.
