Hello cuties, can we talk about how society conditions girls to tolerate toxicity? When I first told an older relative that my partner shouts at me, slams doors, and calls me names during fights, she told me, “Men are like this only; they are aggressive by nature. You have to be patient. After marriage, he will change.

“But no, he won’t. Toxicity doesn’t magically disappear with a wedding card or a baby. It took me a long time to realize that “adjusting” should never mean sacrificing your mental peace and self-respect. If a relationship requires you to swallow your dignity daily, then it’s not a relationship…it’s a cage.