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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the posters that it is a form of intimidation/emotional abuse and that it can lead to physical abuse. Especially when done in anger during an argument or fight. My ex started with throwing things and it did escalate to physical assault.

But the other point I’ll make is that it on its own makes a high conflict household. That is distressing and harmful (particularly if children are in the home). It is ok to decide that this untreated, unpredictable anger is a deal breaker. It takes a toll on people’s nervous system to be around unpredictable anger. And you can decide you don’t want to live that way.

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If it’s in the middle of an argument, then it isn’t unpredictable.  I’m not saying that it’s okay, or you should have to live with it, but it’s different.

I had an ex-boyfriend who would get terrible road rage and angry out of nowhere.  I feel like that’s very different than my teenage son who punched a hole in his wall after I grounded him.

If I couldn’t handle my son’s anger, then I could just never punish him, and he would never get angry.  There was nothing I could do about my boyfriend’s anger.

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