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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, absolutely this is DV and verbally and physically abusive behavior and it's a common warning sign that worse is to come for a person who stays in a relationship like this.

OP, please go to loveisrespect.org and read up on healthy relationships and characteristics of abusive relationships.

FWIW, speaking as a person who was in an emotionally and verbally abusive relationship, I think that it's unwise to focus on whether behavior fits the term "domestic violence".  There are healthy and unhealthy behaviors in relationships.  Unhealthy behaviors may be one-offs or recurring.  You may call them "unhealthy" or "abusive" or "domestic violence" or some other descriptor.  You may focus on labelling it verbal or emotional or physical.  But, the reality that we seem to lose sight of in these relationships (because of the psychological conditioning by the perpetrator and society) is that people never need a reason to leave a relationship.  Your relationship does not have to meet the definition of one of these words for you to end it.

Focusing on the language is a red herring just like arguing whether a person is or is not an alcoholic (they still have a drinking problem or drink enough that you simply don't want to be around them) or arguing whether a dictator has committed genocide or not (they've still killed thousands of people).

They behavior is something that you don't want in your life regardless of what label it deserves.[/quote]

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