abusive relationships

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Is it easier to walk away or stay with a partner who is violent?

BenterAdede @BenterAdede (77) • Kenya 11 Feb 13

Many people stay in abusive relationships in hopes that someday their partner will change. Unfortunately, some of these people continually get battered on a daily basis by their partners for several years. Others, stay in the...

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How do you deal with an insecure boyfriend?

Linzeyloo85 @Linzeyloo85 (32) • United States 21 Apr 11

I have been seeing my boyfriend for close to a year now. I love him and he's a great guy but he is insecure and emotionally needy. He's had bad experiences in the past with girlfriends cheating on him and I feel like he holds that...

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Do you ever feel that you are more mature then your siblings?

tlb0822 @tlb0822 (1410) • United States 2 Apr 11

I defiantly feel that I am more mature then my older sister. My older sister had many problems in the past few years and I have always been the one that she falls back on. I talk to her late at night or in the wee hours of the...

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What are your views about an abusive relationship?

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94909) • United States 19 Dec 10

I'm not in an abusive relationship but in class, I read a story where those who are in abusive relationships believe that it is love because they feel that being abused by the significant other is that they're showing their love...

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Are you in an abusive relationship? How to tell if you are!

moondancer @moondancer (7431) • United States 12 Oct 10

I saw a program on tv about a young girl still in school and she was being abused by her boyfriend. She had no idea that he was abusing her. She even thought she was doing things wrong to cause him to hit he. She was not. Her...

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Why Do People Continue To Get Into Abusive Relationships?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 10 Sep 09

This is probably a heavy deep psychological question to ask, but just WHY do people, especially women get themselves involved with one abusive relationship after another? This is sort of a tie-in with another discussion I started...

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can a relationship survive domestic violence and be healthy?

doulaworks @doulaworks (1079) • United States 7 Sep 09

My 25 year old daughter was beat up by her boyfirend of 4 years (they also have a 2 year old and she has a 6 year old form a pervious relationship) It was the fisrt time he put his hands on her and she called the ploice, and then...

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Leave that abusive relationship!

wittywriter @wittywriter (86) • United States 30 May 09

I know why you stay. I stayed for 7 years. But getting out can happen. Plan, I mean plan. Take any spare change and hide it away in a jar. Pack a suit case with only two sets of clothes for each person leaving. Hide it. Take down...

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Is mental abuse as bad as physical abuse in a relationship?

Tjmoney22 @Tjmoney22 (76) • United States 27 May 09

I think that mental abuse, is just as bad as physical abuse, because if a person hits you, in time your wounds will heal. Emotional abuse is much worse because when someone says hurtful things to you, that is something that sticks...

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Why did Rihanna take Chris Brown back?

2skies @2skies (10) • United States 6 Mar 09

If someone beat u down, would u take them back like Rihanna took Chris Brown back? Is she crazy in love, or is she like Forrest Gump? Stupid is as stupid does? lol. Tell me what u think.

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What do you feel is worse?

celia4evr @celia4evr (209) • United States 27 Mar 08

I would like to know if you feel that mental abuse in a relationship is as serious as physical abuse? Some people believe that mental abuse isn't a really big problem in a relationship. I feel that mental abuse can cause alot more...

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Have you Ever........

neelygal @neelygal (1022) • Bahamas 14 Jan 08

Have you ever been in a abusive relationship before?were you the one that was being abused or were you the one that was doing the abusing?How did it make you feel?How did you get out of it?Are you still in an abusive...

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Prayers please....

clamarco808 @clamarco808 (312) • United States 14 Dec 07

Well, my sister-in-law is married to a really abusive guy. He's a drug addict on top of that, addicted to crack. Her life is just hell right now. He's supposedly depressed but we all know that it's the drugs that are making him...

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Beautiful And Broken (Poem)

gamerchick @gamerchick (33) • United States 22 Mar 07

I'll be sharing a lot of poetry. This seems like a great group of people. I'll be honest..My poetry can be called "disturbing" and somewhat harsh. It's based off of a hard life. Bad boyfriends, abuse. Don't worry I'm okay now....

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Ending an abusive relationship, how do you help someone when they cannot see

angel_690 @angel_690 (208) • United States 11 Mar 07

the harm it is causing not only themselves but for the children involved? I have a friend who is with someone who is abusive towards her verbally and sometimes physically. I have been through my own and I have a very hard time...

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Why do women stay in abusive relationships?

super1880 @super1880 (116) • United States 21 Feb 07

Why do so many women stay in abusive relationships? Why would anyone submit themselves to getting daily beatings,mental and verbal abuse? Some make excuses for their spouse's behavior, such as I love you, but I did not mean it or...

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If you don't believe in divorce, do you just suffer through a bad marriage?

sylviekitty @sylviekitty (2083) • United States 12 Feb 07

If your marriage isn't what you'd like it to be- he or she works all the time, you two don't communicate well, you grow apart, you hate each other, etc..- BUT you don't believe in divorce (let's say your religion is very much...

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Were you ever in an abusive relationship? How did you get out? What did you do?

Hieros33 @Hieros33 (5) • Canada 19 Jan 07

My friend moved out of her apartment last June after her boyfriend of one year asked her to move into his house. Within a couple of days of giving up her apartment and most of her furniture, he totally changed. He started shoving...

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