![Love may not be the best reason to stay in a relationship.](/web/20170201130258im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/k/j/i/y/image.related.landscape.460x307.gszai0.png/1480329324098.jpg)
Love is no reason to stay in a rotten relationship
Those of you out there who have left long term relationships will know: It is one of the hardest things in the world to do. The execution of a separation involves so many layers of disconnection – emotional, practical, domestic, often legal. It can take months to regain a semblance of equilibrium, and much, much longer to fully recover.