Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay
by Mira Kirshenbaum
A therapist's thirty-six diagnostic questions for people stuck in relationship ambivalence, each with a guideline drawn from what happened to people who stayed or left. It replaces the pros-and-cons list with specific tests. It is direct, and it respects the reader's ability to act on the answers.
Read it if…
you have been undecided about a relationship for a long time and want a structured way to decide.
Skip it if…
you are not in ambivalence; the entire book serves that one question.
Three things you will actually use
- Ambivalence itself is costly; decide.
- Specific diagnostic questions beat lists.
- Some things are deal-breakers; know them.
Do this first
Answer the first ten questions honestly in writing before reading further.
Our verdict
Direct and useful for the stuck.
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