12. "I'm not in mine anymore, but my relationship ended at the seven-year mark. We were literally about to put ink to paper on buying a house together, and I said I couldn't do it. He was lovely, still is lovely, I just felt he was holding me back since he wasn't adventurous, and we didn't quite align with our morals and values. The last few years, it was a stale relationship. We were having sex only a few times a year, and I hated it. We were really good friends, but we weren't compatible in a relationship together, and I decided to end it. That was five years ago." "He's married now, and I've been single ever since. I've grown as a person, mostly because I've had to. I've traveled the world on my own, joined the Navy reserves (something he wouldn't have approved of), and I'm living my life the way I want to. It feels so good to be able to do what I want, when I want, without someone holding me back. It's also been hard. So, so hard.…