Megan Fox Reflects on 'Unfulfilling' Marriage to Brian Austin Green
Megan Fox is reflecting on her complicated views on marriage and her marriage to Brian Austin Green.https://t.co/1JyIJqdB9d
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Megan Fox, 37, is reflecting on her history.
Her parents' split when she was a child and her mother's subsequent marriage to another man. Her stepfather was emotionally and mentally and verbally very abusive. Her mother's apparent struggle with depression.
"The messaging that I received is that men and marriage in particular... keep you from being able to express your creativity or express your unique desires. It's an oppressive experience to be in a relationship, or to be in love, or to be married. In particular, being married. Like, when I say the word 'being married' I feel my chakras tighten up. I feel my back, like, get tight, even though I was married for a long time."
She addresses her romance with Green, which began when she was just 18 and he was 30.
"I was not a great girlfriend to Brian, I'll be very honest. He was not great to me either all the time, but I think it would be easy for me to lean into and complain about it or let it seem like that relationship was one way... I was not great because I was young and really should not have been in a relationship of that level of commitment and that magnitude."
Her growth and awareness came after going through childbirth.
"I do feel like karmically I was supposed to have those kids with him, of course. I didn't realize I wasn't looking at myself being like, 'Oh, I'm reenacting my mother's life' or 'I'm carrying my mother's burdens.' I got myself into a relationship which I of course found, no shade to Brian, unfulfilling, because that's what I was going to do because I was reenacting what I watched my mother do as a child."
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