My Ex-Husband Said I Deserved to Be Treated Like a Queen

Living Deeply with Markieta Carter · Jul 24, 2026 · 3m

My ex-husband used to tell me, "You deserve to be treated like a queen." Those words always left me confused because I couldn't understand why he believed that, yet I didn't feel that way in our marriage. Years later, I realized he was right—I did deserve that kind of love. Neither of us just knew that, for me, it would eventually be a woman who made me feel truly seen, heard, appreciated, and emotionally safe.

In this deeply personal episode, I share my journey as a later-in-life lesbian, how growing up with religious expectations shaped my early choices, why I married quickly to avoid…