....and abusive relationships? I've had my experience as well as some of you, and I do not understand why we allow ourselves to get into these situations and many times stay entirely too long and become so scarred and hurt.
My daughter is still harassed by the bum in Texas--but she allows it to continue. She will make one excuse after another until finally I don't ask any more, and she doesn't volunteer information. Sometimes, not knowing is better.
My girlfriend's daughter has been in a terrible relationship for about three years now. She has a daughter who will be two November 23. The abuse finally culminated this past weekend with Jenny receiving 53 stitches while her significant other, his mistress, and his brother laughed at the amount of blood pouring from her wounds. She got out of the apartment, called a friend who took her to the emergency room then called her mother. I guess she was afraid of what her mother would do if she were in the same room with the idiots. She is now unable to work and was fluctuating about whether or not to press charges. She did finally have him arrested, but I am not certain that she will not eventually drop the charges. Crazy!
I taught Jenny three different classes in high school and have been friends with her mom for many years. I have watched Jenny grow up and feel more like a relative than merely a friend. I want to do something to help her, but in this situation she is the only one to make the decision to help herself. I feel that when the stitches are all healed, she will return to the abuse, and that breaks my heart.
We women many times think that we deserve abusive behavior from our men. Why is that? Why do we empower them? Do we not want to admit defeat? Are we afraid of being alone? I guess that there are just too many psychological issues for a simple answer.