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Old Jul 26, 2002, 12:10 PM
Zenobia Zenobia is offline
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Location: Washington, USA
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For the sake of you and your child please get out of that house now. Find a friend or go to your parents. He needs counseling in the worst way. Until he gets that help you are in danger of things escalating from verbal abuse to physical abuse. He won't change until he gets help. The cycle will go over and over again. You can call an abuse hotline to get help in figuring out where to go and what to do now. Please get help for this situation as soon as possible because this can have profound affects on the development of your child. YOU ARE NOT THE PROBLEM! You are not evil. You are not the downfall of his existance. He tells you these things to make you feel as if you are not good enough and don't deserve to be treated better. Please Please Please call the abuse line. I wish I had the nationwide phone number with me. I will get it today if I can and put it on here.

I wish I didn't sound so alarmed and could give you soothing advice but I was friends with a woman who lived this way for years until one day he hit her. Finally she felt it was ok for her to get out of the relationship. You don't have to wait until he hits you, you can get a better life now. If you feel guilty about leaving him you can tell yourself that he will be better off because once you get out of the house he might realize just how much he needs help.
Take care,
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Deal with the difficult while it is still easy. Solve large problems when they are still small. Preventing large problems by taking small steps is easier the solving them. Therefore, the Tao person anticipates and lives wisely, by small actions accomplishing great things.--From the Tao Te Ching