Niamh, I guess you should talk to him because of course, for some reason he came into your life and without even letting him know your problem, you're breaking up with him. There shouldn't be anything unsaid. It's better that you talk to him with calm attitude before things go worse.

I was in an abusive relationship for nearly five years. I was 17. He started by saying things to put me down then he started beating me and finally he raped me several times. When u go through these things u don't understand what the reality of what's happening. To you this is normal because he had put it in your head. Being so innocent and young i didnt have a clue, i thought i love him and i serve as a woman and i will marry him until i met some old friends and they showed the me the truth and I finally realised the seriousness i became a different person for the worst i was depressed and tried killing myself many times. I walked away and now i have met someone else who is kind, gentle and my best friend. If u dint go through this i wouldnt of been me today. I am strong because of my experience.

Kayy that's fucked up

You know some people on this app amaze me lets all shit on Shannon because she didn't let a guy do treat her badly I was speaking for my self, you didn't stand up to the guy who who treated you shit!!!! But you certainly got balls with a woman on here who wouldn't let it happen to her. Everyone's story is their own to tell I told mine. Find strength to love your selves ladies , the article is about a man not respecting you . Nothing else we don't need men to put us down we turn on each other and it's sad . If a woman is thin she's anorexic, if she in a interracial relationship she's ashamed of her own race, if she gets a promotion she slept with the boss. I surround my self with positive women who uplift one another and I hope I'm an example to my daughter. All I know is my story I've never had a bully in school as a child but if I did I would've stood up to him OR her. I'm not going to get rid of this app because I chose to write what I experienced . Good luck to all of you who found voices to strike me down .

Maby you don't . Easy

Bravo!!!!!

My boyfriend and I broke up on 9th of May because both of us are Hindus but he belongs to such a community where love marriages are considered to be a crime. I never forced him for marriage nor for any other thing but wanted to make things clear between us. I tried talking to him twice regarding solving this matter because I just can't afford to lose him just like that but the very first time I tried to solve it, we broke up and the very next time when I tried talking to him, he got outraged on me and even quoted that now I irritate him. There are a lot of misunderstanding between us and he really thinks that I'm forcing him to get married to me, it's nothing like that. Since the very beginning he do only the things he wishes to do. I never went against his will. I told my parents about him because I never hide anything from them and he got scared after knowing this and started to maintain distance with me because he really is scared of his family and he thinks that if his family will come to know that he is in a relationship or even committing a love marriage, they will make him to stay at home and the very next month will arrange a girl for him to marry. I love him so much that I even went into depression for a while, even forgot my really identity, like the way I used to behave all the cute cuddly nature is gone. I know that a love should be unconditional but I used to feel alive when I was with him. Now I just work hard to distract my mind. 24/7 I'm busy doing something because I know that if I'll sit alone for a while, his memories will haunt me. Whenever I remember something, I smile like a stupid instead of crying because they were so beautiful I don't wish to forget them. There was a time in the middle of March, I felt that he's getting away from me, I even wrote a novel on our relationship because I never got to tell him what I actually think and how much I love him. Our mutual college friends are even telling me that his family is planning a marriage in the mid of December and I really can't lose him just like that before it gets too late I wish to get him back by then. Sometimes I feel that whatever he's doing is on purpose. His ignorance. His rude attitude. He himself is confused and scared because he wishes to be with me but can't because of his family. I'm sick and tired of listening to "You will find a better person in future." "Forget him, he wasn't worth it." "There are plenty of fishes in the ocean." Feelings never show up just like that. I really loved him. When he was with me, my smile seemed to be a permanent feature of my face but now since he's gone, I'm actually forced to smile. Watching him everyday in college actually makes my day but still I can't face him. I can't just let him go, whatever we had, whatever thing he said to me, they can't go away just like that. I left everything on god; praying everyday to get him back. Maybe it will help because he can't be so unfair to bring him in my life and then take him away just like that. Hope god will make everything go alright.

Correction not married to the same person (thank goodness) LOL

I do know my husband will not be treating me like trash if the thought crossed his mind I would leave I do know that I'm not weak I know me and what I accept and what I don't . What's next after verbal abuse physical ?

This is the fact!