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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad getting remarried was one of the best things that ever happened to me because I saw what a real, love-based relationship was supposed to look like. [/quote]

In my marriage, however, the love didn't wither - [b]it was beaten to death by abuse and addiction.[/b] Within a year of leaving (after years of contemplating leaving) I met my match. I had two kids under five and he treated (and treats) them with more empathy, joy, and compassion than their bio dad. I am happy to have taken the significant risk of leaving - I finally had a happy marriage and a happy home in which my kids could grow up. This was over twenty years ago, and we are still going strong.[/quote]

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ABUSE: Abuse is NOT just bruises that show, it is about the bruises that don't show; and about EMOTIONAL abuse and dragging you down to their level, especially is that is all the abuser has known (ex: abuser grew up in an abusive, emotionally bereft household).

ADDICTION: Addiction is NOT just "drugs" - people can be addicted to almost anything - none of it good for them, and certainly none of it good for healthy, normal relationships.

APPEARANCE: ap·pear·ance
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noun
1.
the way that someone or something looks.
"I like the appearance of stripped antique pine"
synonyms:	look(s), air, aspect, mien
"her disheveled appearance"

Abusers and addicts THRIVE on APPEARANCES.

OP has no choice, because abusers make it worse when you leave. I get you, OP.

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