- Username
- spookycupcake
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Afraid I’m in a toxic or abusive relationship
My boyfriend is very sweet and loving to me, I know he loves me very much. But sometimes he makes jokes that are kind of mean (it feels normal to him because he sees his brothers making similar jokes to their wives) and sometimes he tells little lies to other people or to me and then says he’s joking. I’m always on super high alert because I know many people stay in unhealthy relationships and I don’t want to be one of those people. Also my parents are divorced and I know realistically a lot of relationships don’t work out. When I ask my mom about relationship problems she compares it to her (failed) relationship with my dad or her current relationship with her husband which I don’t think it a healthy one and that does not help at all. I see people posting about similar worries but they never seem to have actual problems where their partner does make mistakes like this 😞 He listens when I tell him something hurts my feelings but sometimes he can be defensive and sometimes he gets upset or offended by my obsessive thoughts and I’m so afraid