Most men are living in prisons they built themselves.

Most men are living in prisons they built themselves. I want to speak to the men today, and I say this having been in difficult situations myself. I am not a relationship expert. Just a man sharing what I have seen. Every week my inbox has men in genuinely bad situations. Constant shouting in their own house. Being disrespected daily. Being torn down with words. And they stay, and they tolerate it, and they call it endurance. One man reached out recently. Not married. No children together. Just an abusive girlfriend he had allowed to move in. And he was still there, absorbing it. Ask yourself honestly why. Often it starts with loneliness. You feel alone, so you let someone move in quickly. Then the disrespect begins, and because we are men, we bury it. We say nothing. We carry it inside and get tormented daily while pretending everything is fine. Then society hands you a line about what a real man endures. But here is what nobody says clearly. You have an option. You can leave. You can pack, find another house, and start rebuilding alone. And rebuilding is far easier than men imagine. What is hard is spending years in an environment where you cannot think, cannot focus at work, and cannot grow. Let me be clear about something. I am not against marriage. Marriage is a good institution. The problem is rarely the institution. It is people unwilling to do the work inside it. But protect your peace. Protect your self respect. Not respect from someone else. Respect from yourself. The things you refuse to tolerate because you value who you are. You are not required to suffer to prove your manhood. Style up. Walk away when you must. Choose your peace. — Elvis W.