I Have Been In An Abusive Relationship

I stayed with the same person over two years. He made me believe I was so weird and crazy that no one would ever love me. So basically I was lucky to have him

Funny thing.. it was a phrase he told me once that opened my eyes and then I dumped him.

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greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

I had a boyfriend when I was young who did that. His name was Dale R. He kept telling me how stupid and ugly I was.

However, when I talked about leaving him, he got angry and threatened to hurt me if I left.

I asked him why he wanted to keep me around if I was so awful. His answer: "Because I PITY you. You're so DUMB that if I ever put you put on the streets, you'd be dead in 20 minutes!!!"

That was 19 minutes,ago....in 1965.
It must be 19 minutes since I left Dale because I'm not dead yet!