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Posts by Katlego Llale

Katlego Llale, affectionately known as Katz, is a South African based blogger and freelance copywriter. Katz is passionate about telling stories that make people feel and feel less alone in the world. Through her blog, The Fertile Wound, she hopes to inspire people to be courageous in owning their stories too and become their most authentic selves. You can follow her beautifully curated Instagram and Facebook blog pages for nourishing content.

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How I Stopped Making Men My Everything and Losing Myself in Love

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“Yes, love is all about sacrifice and compromise, but it’s important also to establish a limit. You shouldn’t have to throw your whole life away to make a relationship work. If you have to lose yourself to please your partner, you’re with the wrong person.” ~Beau Taplin

When I was twenty, I fell in love with a man who became my everything. My close friends watched me becoming someone else because I found myself trying to ceaselessly knead myself into someone who would perfectly fit into this man’s world, even if it meant betraying myself in the process.

I changed …