QuixoticErrant
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ORIGINAL: DavanKael < sighs and takes a look at the ceiling before responding > There's this thing called the Cycle of Abuse. There's the Honeymoon Stage, the Tension (-Building) Stage, and the Explosion Stage. Between each is a period of decision-making that perpetuates movement to the next stage of the Cycle. What you're describing isn't a D/s relationship, it's an abusive relationship. And, you're perpetuating it via going back for his attention over and over again. Cut it out! Seriously. I used to run groups for court-ordered domestic-violence offenders. If there weren't pathological personality-types that went back to them, the offenders wouldn't have had anyone to abuse. And, most of these lovely folks had ums which made me even more appalled. I wouldn't have worked with the victims because I would have wound up throttling someone. At least with the offenders, the potential for them going to jail was some level of recourse if they didn't exert effort toward change. Why am I going off on you? Because you're 18 and you need to stop it before it becomes a life-long habit. Work on whatever about yourself that needs working on before you continue this Cycle in perpetuity. Again, this isn't D/s, it's abuse and there IS a difference. Davan This is what I am trying to say - but a bit more gently... Problem is, I'm already seeing the cry of 'victim' and it's a label that is a choice to, among other things, absolve one of personal responsibility. Nope. Not feeding into it. Victim does not equal no responsibility. Submissive doesn't equal no responsibility. And, while the directness with which I speak may be off-putting, the op is at an age where the grown-up world is a reality and has the opportunity to make the hard choice to shake off the mantle of 'victim' and take responsibility for how she walks forward. I hope that she uses her inner resources to do so. Davan I hear you. I agree with you. We all always have responsibility. I have some of the same sense you do, however, I am not convinced she won't figure this out. She's very young and she did have the sense to post this as "not right." To the OP, I apologize for writing about you in the third person. Davan really, really has a point. The way to address this for real - and we both see potential misery in your life - is to ask what it is about this prick, and pricks like him that attract you. Honestly, there a number of classic answers. I do not wish to embarrass you by speculating, I only truly want you to ask yourself who these people remind you of.
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