Marrying A Wrong person can be draining

Previously

…He walked towards the quiet certainty of his own home, the solid walls and honest timber a comforting presence. The path ahead was uncertain, perhaps lonely for a time, but it was a path he could walk with his head held high, his peace of mind intact. He had learned a hard, but invaluable, lesson: that true beauty resided not in the sparkle of sapphire eyes or the lilt of a charming laugh, but in the quiet strength of character, the unwavering compass of integrity, and the enduring pursuit of peace. The gilded cage, he now understood, offered a dazzling view, but it was a view from within bars, and freedom, he realized, was worth far more than any illusion of gilded splendor.