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The deeper issue is not that successful women inevitably end up with partners who under-function. It is more uncomfortable than that. Their competence may be propping up a relationship arrangement built for a version of you that no longer exists. Maybe they entered this relationship before the promotion, the business, the children, the financial independence or the confidence to name what you actually need. Their responsibilities, economic power changed and sense of yours

Why do some people repeatedly find themselves in healthy, fulfilling relationships while others become trapped in cycles of disappointment, exhaustion and self-sacrifice? The answer is often not found in the people they choose but it is found in the relationship they have with themselves. It is important to remember that the quality of our lives rarely exceeds the quality of our self-respect.