Recently seeing a lot of "Together since X years" posts has left me wondering if the women in these relationships stay back because they are really happy and in love with their partners or:

1) They don't want to be labelled as divorced and undergo the long and tiring process. It can be quite a stigma for a lot of women.

2) They stay for the kids. This is the most common reason why women keep staying in no value relationships for years and years and not only put themselves through misery but their kids too.

3) They keep hoping for their man to change.

4) They have lost their sense of self-worth and seek comfort with their abuser. They become co-dependent and can't escape.

There could be other reasons too but the men think their partners love them and they go on to seek more fake pats on the back for the insane feat of staying together. These men are also aware but selfish and exploitative. How pathetic.

There are exceptions to every case definitely, but exceptions are always in less numbers. Hence, I don't agree with 90% of the posts that are flooding my TL. Behind the four walls, it's probably a whole different scenario.