It's such a wicked game verbal abuse plays on the mind of the one being abused. My story is simple, and probably quite similar to others out there. My husband and I got married too quick (after 3 months). Just a couple months into the marriage, he became verbally abusive. He found out about my past and judged me for it - calling me every name in the book. Then it because physically abusive. A push here, a harder push, and then a push so hard I end up with bruises. We separate when I am 3 months pregnant. I get a restraining order. We go through counseling and end up back together. He pushes me one other time when I was 7 months pregnant - and nothing has happened since then. Until last night. Our son is now 11 months old. The verbal abuse has been coming for the last week. Sometimes I argue with him and make it worse, sometimes I say nothing and it gets bad anyway. Then last night he threw a gallon jug of water at me. I called the police. They came, and since he's military they got in touch with his supervisor and arranged for him to stay in the barricks. I talked to his supervisor today, and requested that we have more time apart. He can't come back to the home for the remainder of the week.
Here's the crazy, messed up part. I love him to death and can't imagine my life without him. I don't want to be without him. He's not here right now and I miss him like crazy. We had so many good times. He just gets in situations where he can't handle stress and he takes it out on me. Man - I just miss him so much. I'm pretty sure he's going to ask for a divorce because he's said lately when he's mad that he's not marriage material. Man - do you know how much it sucks to want to be with someone so bad and you love them so much and they tell you they don't want to be with you? Before I met him - I had a successful career, I was confident, had plenty of self esteem (probably too much)... What happened to me. He's going to be mad because his command (office) is involved. So he'll want a divorce. And instead of fighting to keep us together like I have so many other times, I'll agree to it. I know it's the best thing. But my heart is breaking inside. All I want to do is crawl in bed and wake up and it be nothing but a bad dream.