Despite being in a relationship, you feel as if you’re single, living with a roommate rather than a life partner. Every responsibility, decision, and moment rests solely on your shoulders. Parenting, for example, becomes entirely your job—from school runs to doctor appointments, homework to bedtime routines. They may be physically present but are mentally and emotionally checked out.
You become the caretaker, the planner, the one who holds everything together, while they drift further from the role of a partner. Over time, you feel more like a widow of a living spouse, mourning the relationship you thought you had. What you envisioned as a partnership fades into an empty arrangement where you handle everything alone, with someone who should share the load but is full of grandiosity, entitlement, and laziness.
Sign 5: Soul Exhaustion
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