The Importance of Having a Committed Relationship

Cheryl Strayed: Why do you immediately assume that you should be the only one having to worry about this burden? Leslie Bell: This is something we see in both of these letters, and I just have to say it for the record because we know the patriarchy dies hard. We don't receive this kind of letter from men in heterosexual relationships. She says whatever decisions are made, you just really have to make them with your partner.