Lindsay

“If he calls you names and/or belittles you, THAT IS ABUSE If things mysteriously go missing after you know you put them someplace, he's trying to make you look and feel crazy. THAT IS ABUSE

If he tells you or your children that you are a bad mother, THAT IS ABUSE If he insists you account for every penny and does not provide for basic necessities while feeding his wants, THAT IS ABUSE”
― Denise L Lowe

“I'm a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.”
― Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts, Season Four

“Empathy is not the same as approval. And explaining something is not the same as excusing it. But if you want to change people, if you want to reduce terrible things like domestic violence, first you need to understand that such monsters do not usually come out of nowhere. They are usually created, in a stream of abuse that can go back for generations.”
― Michael Bihovsky

“Choose to live, by Choosing to leave.

If it disturbs your peace. It is not working out. If it ruins your happiness, character, behavior, reputation and drains your energy. If it gives your pain, wounds, sorrow, heartbreak, headache, stress, grief, sleepless night and discomfort.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos