Thank you, men (who've come and gone from my life). Life is a struggle and love is a game. Knowing my worth is a maze that I've attempted working through for years.

Thank you to my first love, you made me realize that not all men are terrible people.

Thank you to my second love, you were the one that made me lose all control of myself.

Thank you to my third love, if you didn't cheat I wouldn't have realized my true worth and how sometimes things don't work out how you planned.

Thank you to every single man that has treated me wrong, I understand now that my worth isn't based on my body.

My worth isn't based on the money you spend, the things you buy me or anything else you think you gave me.

My worth is so much more than your high sex drive, do not touch me when I tell you no.

My worth is not being told what I can and cannot do in the relationship, we should be equal.

Thank you for being untrusting of me when I trusted you fully, I guess that helped me realize my worth too.

Please do not tell me how to dress, how to act or what I should be. I learned my worth from that.

Do not tell me what you think is best for me, I know what is best for me.

Thank you to all the men who have come in and out of my life for a day, a week, a month, a year... chances are you've helped me realize my worth.

Worth is understanding what is good for me and respecting myself.

You have taught me that you are not worthy of my time and that you need to re-evaluate your life choices.

Being an independent woman in a man's world is tough, but do not underestimate us.

Women are powerful and they can do anything that they set their mind to. It saddens me to know that without these terrible men who have come into my life a ruined me, that I would not realize how strong I truly am.

So, to the men who have tried to manipulate me, who have fucked me over, bruised my fragile heart or shattered me into a million pieces: thank you.

I am so much better off now without you in my life and at the time I may have truly liked you but nevertheless, my life is so much better.

I have realized that having time for myself to figure out who I am and what I want to become is so much better than trying to be something to please you.

My self-worth is not determined by others,

So, for the last time, thank you to all of the men who have made me realize my worth by treating me wrong.

Ladies, never forget your own worth.