Yes. Everyone except my husband made me feel trapped. All I could think of when they expressed interest was how I’d work up the nerve to break it off when it was time.

Yeah, an LDR... I felt like it was never going to materialise into an IRL thing but I was enjoying it a lot... but as time goes by it becomes very hard to convince yourself its worth keeping this up forever.

I've never felt that way. Though I felt the invisible stings sometimes.

Yep.

Abusive partners are hard to leave.

No. I don't really believe in the context of relationships on a deep level.

nah I feel trapped by life and the relationships are an escape from it all

Platonic, yes. We became friends as teenagers and when we became adults I was one of their only friends so I felt compelled to stay around even when our opinions diverged. Not opinions like "mushrooms on pizza? ewww" but like, subtly shrouded misogyny and whether to give homeless people money.

Nope.