My Ex-Husband Has No Idea Who I Am

How I left a passionless marriage and discovered the woman I was always meant to be.

When I look back at the woman I was during my marriage to D, I barely recognise her. She was polite, dutiful, and always trying—trying to connect, to please, to make something work that wasn’t built to last. She worked tirelessly to bridge the growing chasm between herself and her husband, convinced that if she just gave a little more, tried a little ha…