Posts Tagged ‘emotional abuse’

Lora

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Vivacious described Lora perfectly. Always laughing, bouncing from one group of friends to another. I watched her from ninth through eleventh grade, wanting to be her friend.
Finally, I got my chance. We both started working at the local Taste Toppers, a fast food restaurant in town. When you work together, you either love each other [...]


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Some Good News, Maybe

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

The same games Bob played on me while married he has been playing on me while divorced. Really, in retrospect, I should have seen it. I suspected it would happen this way when he suddenly changed from wanting to leave the state to desperately needing to have Julieanne. Nevertheless, I tend to believe the best [...]


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A Different Kind of Abuse

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

I read a Kathryn Joyce article tonight called Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome. One of the comments in it leaped out with incredible force:
“Hyper-criticism that began on her honeymoon turned into physical abuse when Moss bore the first of her and ex-husband “Gary’s” three children. Sexual assaults and marital rape later became commonplace, as did violence [...]


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Fallout, Two Years Later

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Here’s another rather personal post. I am sure I am blushing as I type it, but the truth needs to be told in all of it’s ugliness. Somebody needs to tell it, and I while I would rather it be someone else, I am the only person I know who will get this detailed. So [...]


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