Also Read: My Husband Told Me He Couldn't Be Married Anymore — So I Made A Decision I've Kept Secret For 12 Years“It’s just a period, though, right?” My husband had asked — almost begged. When it was finished, I flushed away the last of it and sat on the tiled bathroom floor, slick-skinned and floating. I don’t want to be a mother, I repeated to myself, as our marriage hung by a slim thread of obligation instead of desire. His choice wasn’t one of animosity towards me; he was obligated to perform Catholicism in ways I didn’t yet understand. I didn’t have to gnaw off my own foot to escape the vise of my failing marriage.

Source: Huffington Post November 20, 2025 11:13 UTC