tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396785437411478888.post5280576520632762491..comments2023-04-15T11:55:15.475-04:00Comments on I Am Woman: Is He a Batterer? Early Signs to Watch Out Formxtodis123http://www.blogger.com/profile/13583200601379394225noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396785437411478888.post-71762669388518103782018-06-08T18:36:15.258-04:002018-06-08T18:36:15.258-04:00I did too. Everything my grandma left me, is ther...I did too. Everything my grandma left me, is there too. I have some small things. But there are things I wish I had that I forgot to grab and pack. Or even wish I could have shipped. <br />In the last few months, I have finally come to terms with that I will probably never see any of what I left behind again. It's rough coming to that understanding. But I think I am finally at a point of peace with it. Maybe.Morgaine Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121338493723791466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396785437411478888.post-2888363958881559422018-06-08T11:55:48.524-04:002018-06-08T11:55:48.524-04:00Your life was the mirror image of mine. I ended up...Your life was the mirror image of mine. I ended up leaving everything to get away. mxtodis123https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583200601379394225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396785437411478888.post-42366644276896450492018-06-08T11:35:55.789-04:002018-06-08T11:35:55.789-04:00I saw the signs. But I didn't want to believe ...I saw the signs. But I didn't want to believe them. They were subtle. Verbal, not physical. I knew what physical looked like, I survived that. I didn't want to believe this verbal/emotional stuff was abuse. So I married him. <br />Soon, I gave up my friends for him. Was going to get a degree in what he wanted me to get. He slowly pulled me from my family, within the first year of marriage we moved hundreds of miles away. I was alone. He berated me for calling them often.<br />On my first trip back alone, he threatened that if I left him, he would have me arrested for kidnapping our toddler and have me declared unfit. This fear is what kept me in it for so long.<br />Now, I've left and he has it all. The house, the car, the kids. He won.<br />But at least I have my life and my sanity.Morgaine Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121338493723791466noreply@blogger.com