Trapped

Emotional abuse

She was perfect up until we got hitched. Then she started slowly isolating me from my friends, not fast enough that I would notice, but every time I spent time with them, she would drop a not so subtle hint that we should always hang out with people together. She would get upset over private messages with friends and insist on group chats with her included for communication with anyone.

She has hit me, physically. Hard enough to bruise.

She has called me things like man-child and unfuckable.

She's on her best behavior when we're around people.

But when alone, I am walking on egg shells for fear of an explosive emotional reaction to what I say, because it has happened before.

She routinely tries to trap me, and before I can formulate any response to a loaded attempt at conversation, she assumes the worst possible answer.

I feel trapped, nobody else sees this and if I leave her, I will be the bad guy.

FML.

Posted Jun 3, 2026, 11:52 AM UTC

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