fact, things were so bad in the old days that the only way to keep everyone sane was by promising them hope in an afterlife. - Mark Manson

YOUR values determine your behavior, not what you think she wants, not what you think others want, but what is best for you and best for the relationship.

The most important thing family teaches you is how to actively love a person you don’t necessarily like.

People who are entitled delude themselves into whatever feeds their sense of superiority. They keep their mental facade standing at all costs, even if it sometimes requires being physically or emotionally abusive to those around them. ...Entitled people, because they are incapable of acknowledging their own problems openly and honestly, are incapable of improving their lives in any lasting or meaningful way. They are left chasing high after high and accumulate greater and greater levels of denial.