Frustrated..... Friend In An Abusive Marriage
By marcialoyd
@marcialoyd (1173)
United States
May 5, 2009 11:21pm CST
A friend of mine is involved in an abusive relationship. Her husband gets drunk and beats her. What is so frustrating is she has left this guy four times and she keeps going back. Maybe its a situation you don't understand until you are in it but I REALLY don't understand it. I am afraid he is going to end up seriously hurting her if not killing her. Each time she leaves she says thats the end but she always goes back. I feel really bad but I can't force her to leave. She can only make that decision herself. I'm not even sure what to say to her anymore.
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4 responses
@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
6 May 09
This is extremely tuff to deal with, I can't say I have ever been in a relationship like that but will say I know I never will be... From my understand with people in relationships like that it's hard for them to leave such situations like that, either they get threatened or something worse happens to them..
My sister actually finally got out of a relationship like this and she had told me it was the hardest thing she had ever done, she loved him but not enough to be abused all the time by him.. she would get called names and get hit and all i could do is fell bad and cry for her.. I hoped and prayed that one day she'd get out of that situation and my prayers were answer.. She's happy now and single but yet she's not in that situation anymore..
The only thing you can really do is talk to her and see whats really going threw your friends mind and why she keeps going back, I bet she's going to tell you she loves him.. That's what most abusive women say.. because they are to scared to talk about anything else.. I do hope that she gets out of this situation because being abused isn't the way to live life at least not in my eyes rather it's male or female..
@noquite0325 (473)
• China
7 May 09
it`s hard to say why your friend always came back after the hurting.maybe she really love her husband even though he has many defects.or she have some more unknown secrets between the marriage.i don`t want to make a conclusion arbitrary,so all these depend upon your friend`s choice.
@jellymonty (2352)
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6 May 09
I can understand your friend's situation. I grew up watching my dad being extremely abusive to my mum both physically, mentally and emotionally. I never understood why my mum never left dad in fact they were times I encouraged her to leave him. But she said she stayed because of us kids as she did not wnat us to grow up with only one parent. My guess is your friend has a specific reason as to why she still hangs on to him and it's not just love.
It could also be the financial dependance, and maybe your friend is not bold enough to speak up against him as she may be bound by some kind of fear of him. Talk to her, take your time to listen to her and just be her true friend, be patient to her needs at this tough time
@xannebull (1793)
• Philippines
7 May 09
it's your friend's fault of always getting back to her abusive husband. it's her decision that you can't change no matter what, maybe she's inlove with her husband so much or maybe her husband is threating her everytime she leaves.




