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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 635546" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I hope I didn't insult or upset anyone with this analogy. I myself have been in an abusive relationship. My ex never hit me, but he was so controlling I wasn't "allowed" to carpool my hour and a half commute to work if there was a man in the car. I wasn't allowed to go to the company picnic, because it was a "social" activity and not work. He threatened to burn the house down with me in it. He threatened to kill himself if I left. I know it's not the same thing. But, in my mind I keep thinking of why I stayed (I just didn't know how to get away. I just kept hoping it would get better) and then I think of my best friend, who dated cheating jerk after cheating jerk - literally every single man in her life (and there were a lot) until her current husband, (I hope) cheated on her. She kept going back to the same type of man over and over because she really thought that it was better than having no one.</p><p> </p><p>So again, I hope I didn't offend anyone with the analogy. It's the closest I can come to why someone would continue to hang out with a group of people that they consider idiots and losers and who use them and let them down over and over.</p><p> </p><p>He's back at work today. I did not set my alarm. My husband gets up at 5:40 and I figure if the kid isn't ready to go by then, he can be late and take the points. That will be his choice too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 635546, member: 17309"] I hope I didn't insult or upset anyone with this analogy. I myself have been in an abusive relationship. My ex never hit me, but he was so controlling I wasn't "allowed" to carpool my hour and a half commute to work if there was a man in the car. I wasn't allowed to go to the company picnic, because it was a "social" activity and not work. He threatened to burn the house down with me in it. He threatened to kill himself if I left. I know it's not the same thing. But, in my mind I keep thinking of why I stayed (I just didn't know how to get away. I just kept hoping it would get better) and then I think of my best friend, who dated cheating jerk after cheating jerk - literally every single man in her life (and there were a lot) until her current husband, (I hope) cheated on her. She kept going back to the same type of man over and over because she really thought that it was better than having no one. So again, I hope I didn't offend anyone with the analogy. It's the closest I can come to why someone would continue to hang out with a group of people that they consider idiots and losers and who use them and let them down over and over. He's back at work today. I did not set my alarm. My husband gets up at 5:40 and I figure if the kid isn't ready to go by then, he can be late and take the points. That will be his choice too. [/QUOTE]
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