Complex (or is it so in my eyes only?)  We moved in after a year of a long distance relationship in which we spent a lot of time together. Before we moved in, I noticed for the first time that ...

9 1/2 good years... what happened the last 6 months?   My boyfriend of 10 years has shown obsessive, insecure behavior over me the past few months. I'm not allowed to speak to anyone male without him thinking ...

I WANT TO BREAK UP WITH MY BOYFRIEND WHO IS ALSO MY ABUSER  Understand we been together for a very long time, more then twenty years. When he became my boyfriend, I was a virgin. He was my first in everything and ...

PRAYING TO GETTING MY LIFE BACK WERE IT BELONG...  Before I met the Man of my dreams, I had a daughter who was three years old, and her father was not in her life. But that's when God sent me Douglas A....

He seems like he doesn't care  Im 12, and my bf and me have dated for 4 days now, but I'm scared to tell my parents! He has a speech impediment but I still love his personality. I know ...

Confused  I'm not sure if it's my imagination or my fault he acts this way.

I'm 30, he's 42. We weren't supposed to fall in love because he was married but separated,...

Was I Ever Really Here?  I had a rough time growing up. My parents drank, dad beat mom, dad never there for us kids, and a whole lot of lying. That ended in divorce.

Mom remarried ...

HE CLAIMS IT WAS THE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL  My partner and are are 42 years old. 2 days before New Year's Eve he consumed drugs. On New Year's Eve in the morning, he came to attack me but stopped....

Where Has Alice Gone?  I have been married to this man for 15 yrs, and was with him for 3 yrs before that and I still don't know why I stay. I took the abuse quiz that said if ...

It All Starts With A Little Push Here And There  I've been with my boyfriend for 2 years now. The first year was great and we just could not seem to get enough of each other. Whenever we had a little ...

i feel lost  I have been with him for 3 years. It all started quite quickly and in no Time we had 2 children.

Things have always been shaky. He was always jealous ...

Confused and Heartbroken  i am 17 years old and have recently gone through a traumatic experience with my ex-boyfriend. It is just now i'm realizing i could have been in an abusive ...

Don't Know What To Do Anymore!  I have been with my partner for nearly 4 years. Everything started out brilliantly: he was kind, a gentleman, couldn't do enough for me.

About 5 months ...

What To Do?  I'm 19. I've been on and off with the same guy since 7th grade. He's cheated on me so much but i always go back. He started being physical 3 years ago ...

1 year of love, 1 year of hell  My boyfriend and i have been together for 2 years, and he was really great the first year. But this year his stupid friend moved to our school, and his ...

My BF  i'm 9 and i just got my bf today. i dont know if he really cares about our relation ship, tho we dated in 2nd grade but people got in our way so we broke ...

3 year relationship  It didn't start out bad at all. We had so much fun together. We seemed to bring out the best in each other and made each other feel so happy.

About ...

Stuck  I am a 17 year old girl and my boyfriend has been the low of my life. I used to be a very up-beat, fun and loving girl. But ever since i've been with him,...

Unable to go, unwilling to leave  I have been in a relationship with my partner for 6 years. We have a beautiful 4 year old daughter and are struggling to become the ideal american family....

Brainwashed  I had been dating my boyfriend for almost two years. We were friends for several years prior to this, and I thought he was a great guy.

When we started ...

Confused Tired and Hopeless  I asked my boyfriend about a girl who texted him while I was with him ... He always asks me if he doesn't recognize who the person is, and I never have ...

Love... Or Control?  One instance I would like to share...

Once, when we were both at work, and waiting for our respective cabs to get back home.. I got an unknown message ...

The Love Of My Life  I started dating this guy right after my ex left me for my "best friend" (we were engaged). It all seemed good and nice; after a year we moved in together....

Trying To Get Out.  I have been with my boyfriend for two years now. We have an daughter together. In the beginning every thing was cool. My family liked him; he was an great ...

Old enough to know better...  I met my boyfriend over 2 years ago. After 1 year we started living together...In the beginning it was great. We looked like opposites but we knew our ...

2 Years   i don't know were to start. I have been with my boyfriend for just over two years, and he has always been controlling and abusive towards me. He doesn'...

What Is Wrong With Me????  Today I am 36 years old. I am broke, have no car, and four beautiful children. My boyfriend of almost 4 years is always upset with me. He makes me feel ...

Abused for the first time at 44  This is the hardest thing I have had to admit: That at the age of 44 and meeting the girl I want to marry, I have actually found myself in an emotionally ...

No Escape  I have been dating my boyfriend for about 11 months. I have known him for over 3 years. Everything was so good when we started dating. My family loves ...

Pain and suffering  My boy friend and i have been together for 6 months.. When we started dating, he was the sweetest guy ever. His ex-girl friend told me that he has been ...

Dark Side  Before my partner and i got together, we were great friends. He was so kind, respectful, giving and caring to me. We both felt strong vibes of love for ...

Emotional and Abusive boyfriend  Well how can i start.... First of all i met my first boyfriend when i was 14; he was 14 too. We were in 8th grade....i used to have all my classes with ...

It's your fault...  Yes, I put it's your fault as the title, because like most people, I thought it was my fault when my boyfriend would hit me and scream at me. But now as ...

To be or not to be....happy, in love, married or just mentally insane!  To be or not to be is more than one question.

Years ago, at 15 years of age, my former high school sweetheart was the love of my life for the first ...

Am I trying to fix something that can't be fixed?  I have been dating my current boyfriend on and off for about 2 years. I really care about him but sometimes his actions scare me. He shoved me once when ...

Lost Trust  We have been together for nearly 3years. We were opposites and completely infatuated with each other. Unfortunately a year-and-a-half later, i made the ...

drained and scared  When I first met my partner, he had not had a drink for a year. Soon he began to drink again and the ritual of drinking early in the morning and throughout ...

I didnt see it  I have been with my husband for 11 years, married for 5. We have 2 bio kids and are raising his son. Our relationship has mostly been unhappy and has ...

lost and confused  I've been with my boyfriend on and off for 5 years. In the beginning things were great and we were with each other 24/7. We became a drug-addicted couple ...

Sad  My bf of more than three years doesn't let me explain or defend myself whenever he has an issue with me. He gave me a three step rule to follow which is ...

Toxic Relationship?  I met my boyfriend at work about 7 years ago. We were both in relationships and were just friends for a while. But then we ended up starting to feel a ...

Trapped  I have been with my boyfriend for almost 2 years. In the beginning, things were almost idyllic, as most relationships seem to be. He was the funny guy,...

Desperately need help - being manipulated to death  Is this acceptable behavior from my boyfriend of 4 years?

Is It OK For My Boyfriend To:

- slander me for 4 years with his ex-girlfriends, friends ...

Was it ever love?  My girlfriend and I have been together for a little over 2 years; we were inseparable. We got engaged after our one year anniversary, one of the happiest ...

Trapped  I've been with my boyfriend for almost a year now, and we've been through a lot together. I love him more than anything. However we go through these constant ...

So many years.....  I have been with my boyfriend for 20 years...since I was 15...we have one child together..who is 8...where do I begin...well...I know what I want and need ...

Not so happy  I've been married for three years and I have two little boys. I have no friends, and I have lost who I once was. I should have seen this coming but I didn'...

Stuck.  My husband and I have been together for 6 years and married for 5. I should have known that he was going to be abusive in one way or another. Now he ...

IS THIS AN ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND?  OK. IVE BEEN DATING THE GUY FOR 7 MONTHS. WE JUST MOVED IN 2 MONTHS AGO TOGETHER. HE SEEMED LIKE THE BEST BOYFRIEND EVER IN THE BEGINNING. I HAVE BEEN ...

I thought he was a great lad, but then it all changed..........  I have been going out with a lad called Jack for at least 5 months and I really really liked him. I am 13 years old and we were in his house alone as his ...

He Seemed So Normal, and So Perfect  When I was 17, I dated a guy named Kyle who was also 17. He was the first guy I ever really liked and I fell head over heels. He was funny and seemed perfectly ...

Silent Screams  When I first met my boyfriend, it was about three years ago. Everything was going well at first. Later on in the relationship when he got angry, he would ...

Is this abuse?  My husband and I were getting into a heated argument, and insults were flying back and forth. He said something really degrading and I slapped him in the ...

I love him but I cant tell if he is abusive  Me and my boyfriend have been together for over 4 years. I love him with all my heart but lately things have been getting worse between us. He has been ...

Constantly scared  I've been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 2 and a half years. I'm almost 16, he's almost 19.

When we first started dating everything was okay....

Getting Worse  I have been married for 21 years. The controlling behavior of my husband has become progressively worse, and now I always feel like I am treading on egg ...

deeply batter and confused plz help me before its to late  I will just start off with saying I was warned in the beginning but didn’t listen. I started speaking with my boyfriend now of six months while he was ...

Cultural Shame!  Well, to begin with i am a Muslim from a strict family background, and sex before marriage is highly unacceptable.

I starting going out with a guy ...

I need Help .... I am too scared to leave him  Hi there. I am a 23 yr old and my boyfriend of 5.5 years is 24 yrs old. Problems which I noticed only started in Oct/ Nov.

Me and my bf went to a bachelor ...

Abused  I've been abused my whole life. I was physically and mentally abused by my parents throughout my childhood. Then I got married to flee from the hell in ...

Don't Know What I Should Do..  My boyfriend and I have been dating for about 7 months. In arguments, he always puts the blame on me and calls me "crazy," like I'm nothing to him. He'...

His family says i'm a bad person....   ... because he tells them lies and puts me down to them. His family neglects me and my kids.

I have been with him 3 years this year. I felt left out;...

I Feel Stuck  I live with the father of my children. I love him with all my heart, but feel I can't stay. Reason being is he's very controlling.

We argue all the ...

DIVORCED BUT STILL THERE...  I started dating my boyfriend in August of 2009 after being acquaintances for over 25 years. He and his wife were separated for about 3 years prior. At ...

Confused  I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend going on 4years. Lately I've been feeling confused about a lot. He is a good man and I love him with everything ...

Religion as a Crutch to Hide Behind  Well, I thought I had met a christian man at church; that was all I wanted. Something God had placed before me, but not always is it the case. We dated,...

Been together for 10 years  My husband and I have been together for 10 years and married for 9. I googled this topic because things with him have been getting worse.

Our first ...

When Will It Ever Get Better? Will It Get Better?  Ive been in this relationship for seven years and I can't remember the first time I got abused because of the many times it's happened. I get abused verbally,...

My Past Has Made Me The Bully  At the age of 19, I was trapped in a physically & verbally abusive relationship. I managed to get out, but spent the next 17 years going from one abusive ...

I saw life through rose coloured glasses  I fell in love instantly and he knew! Through our whole relationship of 18 yrs, he has known that I would fight tooth and nail for the family.

He has ...

Confused Abused and Underappreciated  I have been with my boyfriend for two years and we have a 7 month old son together and i love them with all my heart. But he is abusive towards me, physically ...

He Found Me and I Lost Myself  I never knew that I would be in this situation. But...here I am, in a Domestic Violence Shelter with a great Program for women who have suffered every ...

Lost and Confused  My wife and I have been married for 2 years and recently had a child. In our 1st year of marriage, my sister robbed us for heroin and there is a suspicion ...

It Doesn't Always Seem Like Abuse  People fight. It's not optional. But it doesn't have to get physical for it to be abuse.

I became best friends with this girl who lives across the ...

PLEASE READ NEED ADVICE!  I met my boyfriend while our families were on vacation. We were together from that moment on. He always seemed a bit selfish and had huge blowouts with ...

My Worst Nightmare  I was nineteen, and to be honest, I didn't really know any better. He was a friend of mine from high school, who had recently graduated and joined the ...

Well, That's UNHEALTHY  I answered yes to 21/25 questions.

Is my relationship really THAT messed up? I mean, I love him to death and all, and it wasn't always like this. I ...

Sad and Scared  Me and my boyfriend were dating for 2 years... He has always been a controlling person.. He was so jealous of my best friend, that he forced me to stop ...

Confused  My boyfriend and i have been together for a little over three years. Our relationship started off with him disagreeing with me going out with my friends ...

NOT sure if i did the right thing????  Hello,

When i was 18, i moved out and moved to Wllmar, MN for college. I was there for about 6 months before I meet my boyfriend. We did everything....

CRYING OUT FOR FOR HELP  In the past I was badly abused. I was kicked- slapped- grabbed by my hair- punched in the face-pushed- shoved -and shaken really hard. I was even spit ...

Forced In.  I was dating this guy who was the COMPLETE opposite of me, who I date, what I stand for. But he was sweet.

He was 14 at the time and I'm 15. He was ...

The Devil Himself  My dad abandoned my family when I was 15. The same year, I started dating the Devil. He called himself the Devil, and let me know on multiple occasions ...

Don't do the same as they do...  At first I thought my bf was the abusive one. Now by going on different sites, I'm realizing that I am also perpetrating the abuse.

It wasn't like ...

I need him to get anger management.  I been with my fiancee for 13 years and we have one child together, and i was in a abusive relationship before i went with my fiancee. He knew the guy ...

The biter in the bedroom, turned even worse towards me  My partner was charming, etc, for a couple of months. Then he started biting me in bed, on the arms, neck, etc. They weren't lovebites. It was for sheer ...

TRYING DIDNT WORK  I WAS HEAD OVER HEELS FOR A GUY AND HE WAS MY IDEAL, IT WAS LIKE LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. BUT HE WAS ALREADY INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE WHO I WAS CLOSE TO. WE FLIRTED ...

Confused as Hell  I've been going out with my boyfriend for almost 9 months but i have known him for 4 years. The first day we started going out, I told him everything about ...

Maybe death will only do us part..  I got in a serious relationship at age 18 with my hubby right now. We finally got hitched after 3 yrs of dating. I was about 3 months pregnant at the time....

chance at love.  He was a troubled kid the first time i meet him. He was into the wrong crowd back then, so was I. I was a drug addict with a problem, so was he. It took ...

Is it Love-Confusion? Or is it not love at all?  My boy-friend and i have been together for 3 months and almost 4. But on our second month, he yelled at me for the first time. Just for asking and reassurance ...

He's abusive but I can't leave him or let him go....  I'm 16 years old and been with my boyfriend for 6 months and at first everything was great. But then he started getting controlling and jealous and abusive....

Fairy tale  It started off during middle school. I met him during our physical education class. We were standing in line . I clearly remember we were standing in line ...

it all went wrong  At first everything was perfect...i thought he was the one and never thought he would hit me...It all started when i was talking on the phone to an old ...

SCARED AND CONFUSED  I DON'T KNOW IM IN A ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP BUT I'M GETTING ALL THE SIGNS. I BEEN WITH MY BOYFRIEND FOR 2 YEARS NOW. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH BUT I DON'T THINK ...

Am I in a bad dream  Young ladies,please listen to what I am about to tell you and do what you know is true. Learn to love yourself enough that you do not end up in a nightmare ...

God is my keeper  I share my story, because I believe I am finally ready to share my story. First of all, to all you young ladies who believe you can change your man, I ...