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  You don't have to endure any kind of emotional abuse in the name of love! Image via Unsplash I remember the first time I told my friends my boyfriend was cheating and emotionally abusing me.  They didn't believe me.  They were like, "And the way he is so nice."  They even had the audacity to ask me if I am doing anything wrong or making him unhappy.  To their eyes, he was perfect.  Everyone thought I was the bad one.  After watching how he related to other people, I realized he was nice to them.  And that's the reason they believed he was nice to me too.  I never understood why he'd be nice to other people and be awful to me.  But later, long after we went our separate ways, I understood why. Keep reading to find out! Read Also: I Endured an Emotionally Abusive Relationship Because of Low Self Esteem 4 Reasons Why Abusive Partners are Nice to Other People Abusive partners can sometimes appear to be good to other people due to a variety of reasons.  They may

Leave before you find yourself damaged and bitter Image via Unsplash ''You are the reason I am cheating,''He'd tell me that everytime I found out he was cheating.  And with time I believed that it was and will always be my fault if anything happens in our relationship.  I constantly berated myself, thinking I should have tried harder, been more loving, more patient. And the cycle of blame and gaslight repeated itself every time he cheated. What broke me most is that I couldn't let go. He was just a boyfriend.  Not even my husband.  We weren’t bound together by any vows. But I just couldn't leave. I never understood why. But years later, I understood why I couldn't. And here are the reasons I couldn't leave… Read Also: Stop Telling People Everything! 8 Reasons Why I Couldn’t Leave the Relationship Many times I’d pack my bags or even go far to leave him.  But I found myself running back to him. Here are the reasons I kept running back. 1. He Was Lovely