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When should you leave?

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anon567 · 27/06/2023 23:10

I'm sorry to post this here but I'm at my wit's end and could really use some advice if anyone has been in a similar position.
I've not been happy in my marriage for at least a year; whenever I think about the next few years it actually fills me with dread that I'll be still be stuck in the same situation.
We've only been married for 2 years and I only started feeling this way shortly after we did get married (no kids yet thankfully).
I keep telling myself "give it a couple more months", I want to be happy with him and he hasn't done anything wrong as such, I just don't feel like we're compatible and keep thinking I'd be so much happier and free on my own.
I don't know whether to give it more time and try harder, or do us both a favor (in the long term) and leave. He deserves someone who loves him and wants the future he wants, and I don't think that's me.
Does anyone have any advice/experience of this. I feel so selfish and don't want to drag it out but also feel I need to respect our marriage vows and try harder. But at the end of the day am I just wasting his time when he could be happy with someone else.
Any thoughts/opinions very much appreciated

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HangerLaneGyratorySystem · 27/06/2023 23:12

Well I'd say now then. Do you have somewhere to go? Do you own a house together? What made you get together in the first place - are you quite young and thought he was definitely the one? I still say nows the time.

Tojumpasinkingship · 27/06/2023 23:13

My sis did this and they stayed together two years. Divorced and both went on to have further marriages and families. Dont accidentally get preggers !!

cassiatwenty · 27/06/2023 23:17

If you just don't feel like you've compatible and you'd be happier on your own, then that's that. You only have one life. It's not your job to spend it yielding to guilt or society's standards.

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