My Husband And I Left Our Spouses To Be Together. Here's What I've Learned About Love.

"Over the course of the next few days, we laid ourselves bare. What we found were two ambitious people on the verge of new beginnings - I was about to publish my first book, and he was starting a new business - who were being held back by unsupportive partners, toxic friends and an overwhelming sense of duty to how life "should" be lived."

"That same week, the first night we spent together, we fell asleep with our foreheads resting side by side and woke up eight hours later without having moved at all. Hours passed by as we sat in silence, watching a blue moon cross the sky. This was not a thing we could ignore. Knowing that we couldn't face lives of deception ― that truth is always better than fiction ― and that unhappy parents make for unhappy children, we decided we needed to jump. Fast."

"Over the next four weeks, as we tried to figure how to do what we were going to do, my psyche and conscience screamed at me. Married men never leave their wives, I could just hear my friends ― and most movies of the week - telling me in my head, especially if they're devoted fathers, which he was. The message from the few friends that I did eventually tell was unified: I could walk out of my relationship if I wanted, but Paul wouldn't be there."

Two ambitious people stood on the brink of new beginnings: one preparing to publish a first book and the other launching a new business. Both were constrained by unsupportive partners, toxic friends, and a heavy sense of how life "should" be lived. They experienced an immediate, profound connection that made separation painful, spending a night with foreheads touching and watching a blue moon in shared silence. They resolved that truth was better than deception and that unhappy parents would hurt children, so they decided to act quickly. One partner packed belongings and left while the other was away, receiving a predictably emotionless text shortly after.

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