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How to Choose Personal Freedom Over Collective Honor

I want to leave my marriage but divorce would bring shame to my entire family and I do not know if I have the right to hurt them for my happiness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Individual liberation sometimes requires accepting responsibility for others' pain.

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