I don't know where else to turn.....how do you "define" verbal abuse? I'm concerned that I am in a situation like this but need feedback to find out if I'm just being too sensitive or if other people are experiencing this so I should just let it slide. My gut and heart says his words are harsh and degrading. Sometimes he apologizes later by saying "oh I didn't really mean that" and "I was just mad when I said that".....but sometimes he doesn't......and he keeps saying these things regardless. It's usually a multitude of swear words, accusations that he thinks Im cheating with coworkers, accusations that he thinks I used to sleep around before we met, name calling, insulting the way I look and the way I speak, comparing me to other women by telling me how "hot" another woman from his past was, correcting my grammar and threatening to divorce me and leave.

I feel ashamed to admit that this started prior to us getting married.....the first time I noticed it was our 2nd date. He had called me a "wh*re" and "liar" when he asked me how many men I had been intimate with and I told him the truth (which isn't that many and less than him).

Can I get your honest thoughts/opinions to help me figure this out?