Hey jill,
i think we talked about this before, but I was in an abusive relationship a year ago, I actually called it off on the 19th of last year, so it'll almost be a year...He was obsessed with control and tried his best to overpower me, well he did at one point, but i'll never let myself be that vulnerable to someone ever again...He would restrain me, but never actually hit me, he'd constantly put negative things in my head about the way I looked or something idiotic like that....He also took advantage of me in certain ways and always got upset when I didnt spend all of my time with him..He cheated, lied, manipulated, you name it, he did it..Major problem..Now he's got a 9 month old baby girl(yeah he got his ex preg when he was with me)...I feel for that kid, cuz she's gonna grow up the same way he did, but im just glad I got out before it was too late.