Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
anita1968
Is it me????!!! I was seeing a man for a year. I got pregnant and had a miscariage, he was not really there for me. I got pregnant again and he dumped me because i asked him if we were going away on a planned trip as his mum was dying as i had to sort other childchare out. He just dumped me, and went on the trip. After six months he contacted me and asked to see me i did. We had a talk and he said things would be different. In the last four months, he has gone back to the norm, expecting me to work in his office on my days off 24/7 with no pay or thanks. go to his house daily and stay, even though i have kids at home. i cant lok at my phone, talk to my family or friends when with him. I cannot talk or look at another man and he has men all around him as he employs men. I have to give him constant 24/7 attention. He wont have sex with me, but expects me to do things to him. He wont kiss me. The other day, i just put my finger on his lip, he SPAT in my face and i burst into tears. He goes thorugh periods of sulking and ignoring me if i do not say soething that agrees with his view or do what he demands i do. Some calls have to be made on loud speaker so he can listen and then i get told how i handled it wrongly. He puts his bogies on me, he coughs on me, he sneezes on me. He wipes his dirty hands on my clothes. I have a new car, he throws his rubbish around in it. I a not allowed to wear dresses that show ANY cleavage no matter how small. He critises the size of my head sayig it is small, that i must put make up on, when i hate weraing it. i must clean his house, clean his office. Two days ago, i was asked by him to get some lunch, i went to take it to him, but one of his beest friends and colleagues said leave it by your car, as you need to do some training )i was there for training that day) so i did and my boyfirend ended it saying that unfortunaltey he loved me but that i had demoted him and he could not cope with that. Also my ex husband after three years is back on the scene to talk about finances and said he regrests leaving so my boyfriend said that was another nail in the coffin as he did not want to get hurt as i would go back to him. Thats totally crap as i have n o feelings for my ex but no matter what i say, he wont belive me. It seems that my BF feels he knows what i am thinking more than me. He tells me what to say, what i should think and not once does he ask me about my day, i am not allowed ot mention my day or my life then he moans i have a secret life, yet when i try to mention it he is just not intersted. Says it is all about me. My little girl is mixed race and daily he brings up how disgusting i am and god forbid if a black person comes o tv as the names are unreal. he tells me i am not true to the UK and i am disgusting!! This man is 49 years old. I am sick of being dumpmed with no closure. I am sick of the fact that i try to talk to him and he sits there with his eyes closed and not participating unless it is to just tell me where i have gone wrong. He has a view that women are all sluts and whores who all just dress for attention and control relatinships. He expects me to say thank you all day yet i get none. He told me two days ago when he said he loved me unfortunaltey but was ending it i could do what i wanted when i asked shall i go home - so i said ok ill go home so he laughed and said of course as you have an agenda???? i asked him what agenda and he said i was seeing my ex - not true. He said if you go dont come back, yet he had ended it - so i went home as i could not cope and he has now ignored me. How do you deal with someone like that?????
This is the reality of many many women and you are not alone.
He got from you that no matter what he does or says, you will be his.
And he is psychologically and physically abusive.
It can be really really confusing because he is abusing you and then saying he is going to end it and being indifferent to the option of you ending it. It is a manipulation.
And you need help to get out. I urge you to find resources that deal with domestic violence and can help you exit this situation safely.
Sounds like hell to me. I would run for a restraining order - What is keeping you in this relationship? The mere crumbs of attention he throws your way? The work for free? The accusations and put downs. Time to decide you deserve better. There are worse things than being alone and a relationship with this jerk looks like one of them from here. For me, it would be past time to get on down the road.
You RRRUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
for your life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's NO "dealing"
with an abuser
and you've got yourself
a real CLASSIC.
If you don't think
you have the
wherewithall
to get yourself
free of this
situation on
your own, then
go to the nearest
women's aide centre.
Heck. Go anyway!
They'll help you, there,
no matter at what point
in this journey you are.
(Sounds like you still
see yourself staying,
which would be truly
unfortunate.
Please consider
that children growing
up in close proximity
to an abuser are
hurt by the experience,
not just while it's
happening but for
the entire rest
of their lives!)
You're here on a
forum about abuse
looking for confirmation.
Consider your instincts
confirmed.
You're being abused
and I suspect your
innocent daughter is,
as well, based on what
you wrote about his
racism.
Please get the support
that will help you protect
yourself and your daughter
(and other children, if that's
the case).
Sending you hugs
and prayers for
the better days
to which you're
entitled.
To answer your question:
Because they can.
And because they are deeply wounded. He was probably abused and/or he could have a serious mental disorder.
You can NOT fix or help him. IMPOSSIBLE. Your love for him will NOT help, cure or fix him - EVER. No one else can fix him but him.
There is no dealing w/someone like that.
He is VERY DANGEROUS. You are being physically, mentally, spiritually and sexually abused. AND he's made you HIS SLAVE!!!
Please do as Ilene suggested and get you and your to the nearest women's shelter asap.
~healing hugs~
You did NOTHING
that "made" him
abuse you.
What you didn't do
was to LEAVE.
Your not leaving
gave him the
message that
you're available
for further abuse.
As long as you
remain with him,
he will abuse you. . .
NOT because of
anything that YOU
did, but because
he is programmed
to abuse and
you've made
yourself available.
I hope you'll
consider
making
yourself
UNavailable.
You are the only mother your children are going to have. It makes you unique and it makes you essential. This is how you should value yourself. It means you should take care of yourself and respect yourself.
Courage!
So sorry you are going through all that. I know what it feels like.
Please do contact women's aid and tell them what you have told us. It's not your fault - nobody can "make" someone else disrespect them. And nobody other than an abuser stays in a relationship with someone to whom they cannot offer a shred of respect or compassion or caring or intimacy. If it really was you, if you really were as awful as he has led you to believe - why on EARTH would he bother with you? Why did he come crawling back to such a worthless, useless POS as he says you are? Why? Because he's LYING. He well knows you're not worthless, you're not useless, you are not unworthy of love, caring, compassion or respect. He well knows you deserve better and he is doing his level best to make sure you DON'T know you deserve better.
You won't get closure from him - ever. You won't get him having a sudden epiphany and realising he did you wrong (if he says he has had one, he's just lying again - nobody can change those sorts of patterns all of a sudden). No amount of love and trying from your end will change him - the only person who can change him is him, and he clearly doesn't see the need to try.
As others have said, please, for the sake of you and also for the sake of your innocent daughter, please get away from this man and stay away. She shouldn't be subjected to a racist, quite apart from all of the other stuff which is hurting her too.
One last thing - please also check out www.youarenotcrazy.com for further validation that it's not you, you're not worthless, you're not making it up or exaggerating or making it happen.