personal issues

United States
September 25, 2012 9:50pm CST
I have a friend that is going through some problems with her man friend. She is much younger than him and he is controling and his mouth is off the chain. If nothing goes his way he feels like she aint nothing and he is always talking to her like she is a child and not his other half. Sometimes it can become verbally and emotionally a problem as far as them watching television because he feel like he needs to watch whatever he feels the need to watch without asking her if there is something that she might want to watch. He gets offended if she changes the channel to something and he always say to her that he dont want to watch that or it does not make sense.She says that most of the mess that he watches is cowboys, wrestling, horror , and other off the wall stuff. she says that she is unhappy with her realtionship and she wants out but there is a problem. The problem is that there is no money coming in the house, her id is expired, she doesnt have money to catch the bus to do anything. I have tried to help her but she says that she has a bit too much pride to keep taking or accepting from others. It is so hard to sit back and watch her suffer the way she does. As for her family it is like she really do not have any cause no one comes to her side and see whats going on. My husband and I want to help her get back on her feet so that she can provide for herself but she want hear of it, can someone give me advice as to what to do or should I just stay away until she is ready.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
I think there's no point to all of these if she doesn't want to change. It seems to me that she just complains but doesn't do anything about it - therefore, she's not ready for help. This actually reminded me of a past relationship where he was older than me too and I only took the relationship because I didn't have anything better to do. hahaha.. I was doing great career-wise and when we met I was working and he was working as well, I wasn't really "attracted" to the guy but just thought to try things because I never had a relationship before. It was after a few days that I realized that the relationship wouldn't be for long-term. He was controlling and always felt that he knew better than me and always told me that my thoughts in life was too "childish". But it wasn't after a particular incident that I really decided to get out of it. It was while he was driving that I noticed a new type of sign on the roadways, I asked him about it (because I honestly didn't know what it was and wanted to learn more) then he said "just let it be, it doesn't concern you because you don't drive." I mean, what type of an answer was that, right?? I knew then that he was stiff and since I wasn't really attracted to him, then the decision of breaking up was not difficult. I think you cannot do anything for her. You may think that you need to do something bout her situation, but she doesn't want out - you cannot force her. I think you can just help by just being there when she needs someone to talk to but don't think too much about it because she isn't doing anything to change her situation. Have a great mylot experience ahead!
• United States
26 Sep 12
I guess she will have to figure out what it is that she wants instead of his needs. As of now she has about 30 days to figure it out or she will be homeless because of not paying rent on time and the fact the person leasing to her has sold the property and she has no choice but to move and might i mention he has found somewhere to go and she is not allowed to be there only him.Which I think is good that way she can live her own life and find her way back to reality.To me being in a abusive reationship is not good for either and it only causes problems and the relationship will have to end at some point.
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
Talk to her and show her the bigger picture of that relationship. Tell her you are helping her and treat as loan so taht her pride will not be hurt. she has to move on so life has to have meaning. Might next to that TV trouble is physically abuse. That is too much already. That guy is a self centered person.
• United States
26 Sep 12
I have talked to her and given her different aspects of what it is to be in a happy and unhappy relationship and she takes it in and then somehow when she go back home it changes. I have never thought of giving her money as a loan because she has told me that nomatter how much money I offer her she want accept it. I will pitch the idea to her and see if she will take it but I am sure her answer will be no. As of tomorrow she has 30 days to move out of her place to stay and she ha sno where to go and she spoke about going to a shelter but im not sure if she is going to do it. I plan to sit her down soon and see if she wants to come and stay with me and get her life back on track and find a job. He will be going to some of his friends homes and she is not allowed to go so that would be good for her since she want have him around to stop her from doing anything that she wants or want have to worry about where her next meal will coming from, the need for money, a roof over her head, and transportation to get around when she needs to go somewhere.I just hope that things work out for her whatever she decides to do.
@GemmaR (8517)
26 Sep 12
It is never acceptable for a man to control a woman, so she should try to get help about it. If she can talk to him about his anger and his issues then she should try to get somebody to help him like a doctor or a counsellor as it might be something that is wrong with his mind. If nothing changes then she should try to get out of the relationship because I don't think that anybody ever deserves to be treated like that, no matter who they are or what they might have done. She should stay with a friend if she has no money; I am sure that a lot of people would be willing to let her stay for a short time.
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
Oh my. It's good that we don't watch TV anymore. We seldom watch tv at home so we don't fight with the tv channels. I guess our son will definitely win if ever we'll watch tv. I guess she has to tell him how she feels. That is a relationship. They should give and take. If she doesn't like something about it, she should gather her strength to tell let him know. I hope she will listen to her. If not, she should ask help from her family. They should be the one to talk to the guy.
• United States
26 Sep 12
To my knowledge she has address this matter to him and it seems as if he really dont care about what she feels. It is more like a one way street and he is the only one that matters in the relationship and he feels like he have to take control of the matter no matter what it is. Just this morning she called me and was crying because there is no money to buy food and he told her that she needs to get up and find a way to get some food and money no matter what it takes for her to do it. She explained to me that she has talked to him and told him that there is no way for her to do it and it looks like it is your turn to ask fo ra helping hand and that she was mentally tired of the situation. It seems to me that this relationship is getting a bit to much for her to handle i just hope and pray that it does not get any worse than it is already. I have tried to talk to her and offer her funds to help but it is no tworking so I am going to wait until she is ready to come to me but I will still talk with her and love her no matter what because she is my friend.