“The one that actually brought it all together for me was pretty simple and mundane.”
Warning: The story discusses abuse.
women provided hundreds of responses in hopes that other women will be mindful of these toxic relationship signs.
Here’s what they had to say below:
1.
“I allowed him to torture me on my birthday for the last six years of our marriage.
He knew I was scared of heights.
And he would purposely take me to the highest footbridges or other high places on my birthday.
It was the only time of year I got a steak, really.”
u/MoonlightWanderess
3.
“I could spend days listing out all the horrible things that were said or done to me.
Id just had an organ removed from my body, and he was screaming at me.
u/GreenMountain85
5.
(He told me I was too opinionated/outspoken, too structured, too intense, etc.)”
He filled one and a half pages.
I sat and listened to every single complaint, a full-on character assassination.
Then it was my turn.
No, he didn’t have time.
Some other time, which never came, of course."
u/kerill333
“This was my ex, too.
Hes the only one who ever complained.
Most people ask me to sell the stuff I make!
to the faces I made when I was relaxing or playing with our son.”
u/polkadottedbutterfly
7.
“Talking about his ex so much in the beginning.
He would bring up his ex once a day.
I dont know why I ignored that major red flag.
“When he lost his shit at me for not paying enough attention to him.
My father had just died.
And God, was I embarrassed.
I ended it right then and there.”
u/half_in_boxes
9.
Wed been there for an hour already.”
“As a first-anniversary wedding gift, I did a boudoir photo shoot.
He had two weeks to choose 10 for a little black book, and he never did.”
u/punkrawkchick
11.
“The one that actually brought it all together for me was pretty simple and mundane.
He blamed me because he lost his passport in Europe.
It fell out of his back-pants pocket, and he tried to blame me for not noticing.
He said the whole rest of the trip was ruined because of me.
I was like, uhh, this is delusional.
I left him later that year.”
“When he gave me the silent treatment for a full day because I had gained 3 lbs.
When he told me I was a pain in the ass to work with.
u/puppy_spies
13.
“Any arguments were always my fault.
“I have social anxiety pretty bad, especially when meeting new people.
That was by far the worst birthday of my life.
Sadly, I stayed with him for months after that incident.
u/Pottheadpotato
15.
I cried while making him breakfast that day.
I dont even recall him saying thank you.”
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