The Power of Narratives

"I get to choose what my future looks like because I'm not willing to create a narrative that he's trying to take advantage of me," she says. "They don't really want me here, right? They didn't invite me there. They didn't look at me." When marriages fall apart, it was a narrative that started early on in the first year of their marriage and they failed to deal with it,. She adds: "It's just a simple thought. Right?"