{"id":14929,"date":"2024-12-11T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=14929"},"modified":"2024-12-11T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:58:42","slug":"the-strain-of-a-perfect-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=14929","title":{"rendered":"The Strain of a &#8220;Perfect&#8221; Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14930\" src=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/aifaceswap-6a87c70e9ed7795f8ca181f62550ba67-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/aifaceswap-6a87c70e9ed7795f8ca181f62550ba67-1.jpg 573w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/aifaceswap-6a87c70e9ed7795f8ca181f62550ba67-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been married to David for 12 years. From the outside, we look like the perfect couple\u2014he\u2019s successful, charming, and a great dad. But behind closed doors, I feel invisible. In the beginning, I brushed off the times he dismissed my feelings or forgot to ask about my day. I told myself that\u2019s just how marriage is.<\/p>\n<p>But over time, the distance grew. I stopped feeling seen or valued. Then, out of nowhere, an old friend from college messaged me. At first, it was innocent\u2014just catching up. But soon, his attention became something I craved. He asked how I was doing, what I dreamed of\u2014things David hadn\u2019t asked in years. I didn\u2019t act on it, but my mind kept wandering. For the first time in forever, I imagined what life might look like if I chose differently.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been married to David for 12 years. From the outside, we look like the perfect couple\u2014he\u2019s successful, charming, and a great dad. But behind closed doors,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14931,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14929\/revisions\/14931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}