Topic: How much sympathy do you have
QwicherBytchin's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:18 AM
I was also in one. When I finally got the courage to get out, he stabbed me in the back. Literally. With a 6" filet knife.

Getting out isn't as easy as most people believe. Walk in someones shoes awhile before you make judgement on them

madamx7316's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:18 AM




the last one i stayed more for the kids. i raised his 3 kids for 2 years as long as i stayed i took the beating instead of them. i stayed until their mother was able to take them full time and then it was over for us.


That's sad that you had to go through that but it was for an honorable reason I think.


it was brutal. but i did what i thought i had to do at that time. last go around i took 14 blows just to the face, he knocked out 9 teeth. that was it, i was lucky to survive that one. at that point....he had to go. the mother took the kids finally and i moved on. i still have the kids whenever i want them so i am able to be in their lives but no longer in contact with him.

very honorable flowerforyou

thank you

IndnPrncs's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:20 AM

I was also in one. When I finally got the courage to get out, he stabbed me in the back. Literally. With a 6" filet knife.

Getting out isn't as easy as most people believe. Walk in someones shoes awhile before you make judgement on them


So sorry Qflowerforyou

QwicherBytchin's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:22 AM


I was also in one. When I finally got the courage to get out, he stabbed me in the back. Literally. With a 6" filet knife.

Getting out isn't as easy as most people believe. Walk in someones shoes awhile before you make judgement on them


So sorry Qflowerforyou


I survived, that's the important part. And I will never let a man treat me like that again. It was a lesson very well learned.

madamx7316's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:22 AM

I just thank God that my friends situation hasn't escalated to physical abuse yet. But if you ask me, emotional is just as bad if not worse



emotional can sometimes be worse. sociopathic behavior is awful, they play with the mind then it usually turns physical at some point.

madamx7316's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:24 AM



I was also in one. When I finally got the courage to get out, he stabbed me in the back. Literally. With a 6" filet knife.

Getting out isn't as easy as most people believe. Walk in someones shoes awhile before you make judgement on them


So sorry Qflowerforyou


I survived, that's the important part. And I will never let a man treat me like that again. It was a lesson very well learned.





im proud of you!!! my first husband was also a brutal one. been shot twice, stabbed 3 times, put in hospital about 6 times. fear and lack of help was my problem then, i was young it was 20 years ago.

you are so right....never judge until you have been there yourself.

guess this is why i am so leary of men and relationships.

Suzanne20's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:24 AM


I just thank God that my friends situation hasn't escalated to physical abuse yet. But if you ask me, emotional is just as bad if not worse



emotional can sometimes be worse. sociopathic behavior is awful, they play with the mind then it usually turns physical at some point.


Yep, that's why I have gotten out of the relationships I have been in. I watch for any signs of abuse or controlling behavior. She swears that if he ever hit her she would leave, but she has no self-esteem and feels that she can't survive being single. She knows how I feel about the d-bag but it is her choice what to do.

madamx7316's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:25 AM
great thread darlin!

IndnPrncs's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:25 AM


I just thank God that my friends situation hasn't escalated to physical abuse yet. But if you ask me, emotional is just as bad if not worse



emotional can sometimes be worse. sociopathic behavior is awful, they play with the mind then it usually turns physical at some point.


Ahhh you're right.. I never put 2 and 2 together that way... Great another red flag...

DebbieJT's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:27 AM
Edited by DebbieJT on Mon 02/18/08 01:28 AM
mine was emotional abuse..i wasnt aloud to stand up for myself or have an opinion...i got out when he tried to strangle me and threw me down a flight of stairs...but it was the emotional damage that took longer to heal...now i wont put up with any rubbish a man gives me ..i just walk

madamx7316's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:28 AM

mine was emotional abuse..i wasnt aloud to stand up for myself or have an opinion...i got out when he tried to strangle me and threw me down a flight of stairs...but it was the emotional damage that took longer to heal...now i wont put up with any rubbish a man gives me ..i just walk


good for you!flowerforyou

Suzanne20's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:29 AM

mine was emotional abuse..i wasnt aloud to stand up for myself or have an opinion...i got out when he tried to strangle me and threw me down a flight of stairs...but it was the emotional damage that took longer to heal...now i wont put up with any rubbish a man gives me ..i just walk


That's why I am single. I can't trust anyone right now. When you have been done wrong by so many people you really start to wonder

madamx7316's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:35 AM


mine was emotional abuse..i wasnt aloud to stand up for myself or have an opinion...i got out when he tried to strangle me and threw me down a flight of stairs...but it was the emotional damage that took longer to heal...now i wont put up with any rubbish a man gives me ..i just walk


That's why I am single. I can't trust anyone right now. When you have been done wrong by so many people you really start to wonder


it does make you leary...once you get burned you dont wanna put your hand back into the fire!

DebbieJT's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:35 AM


mine was emotional abuse..i wasnt aloud to stand up for myself or have an opinion...i got out when he tried to strangle me and threw me down a flight of stairs...but it was the emotional damage that took longer to heal...now i wont put up with any rubbish a man gives me ..i just walk


That's why I am single. I can't trust anyone right now. When you have been done wrong by so many people you really start to wonder
i dont know hun..hard as it is you got to move on and find happiness otherwise they still have control over you and have won

madamx7316's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:37 AM
the hardest thing for me was forgivness....i had to learn to forgive them. if i didnt, they still had control. they still controlled my thoughts, feelings and my heart, i refused to let them have that control. i didnt forgive them for them, it was for me. flowerforyou

DebbieJT's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:38 AM
flowerforyou flowerforyou yep so true

Suzanne20's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:40 AM
I have forgiven everyone, it's just hard to rebuild the trust. I personally watch people very closely. If they even tell me a white lie it is very hard to trust them. I am always analyzing what people say to me. And once your self esteem has been shot, it takes a long time to rebuild. But no one is ever going to have power over me except God and myself.

DebbieJT's photo
Mon 02/18/08 01:41 AM
flowerforyou flowerforyou

Donnar's photo
Mon 02/18/08 02:25 AM
off topic: please change your picture. I hate pictures of babies with their mouths open and apparently I'm not fond of adults with their mouths open either. Your perogative, of course, but, could you shut your mouth? (of course I mean literally, not to stop posting) The pic is not attractive, but, I am old, so you probably don't care.

Donnar's photo
Mon 02/18/08 02:27 AM
by the way, the open mouth photo totally obliterates my attention to what you are posting. If you care. You probably don't. Tough on me!