Please Stop Asking Why Doesn’t She Just Leave

the grey area of abusive relationships

Photo by Alexandru Zdrobău on Unsplash

For the longest time I wondered why my mother couldn’t just leave my abusive father who also sexually abused me.

In fact as a kid I begged her to leave him.

I imagined that when I grew up I’d save her from him. She would live with me and finally leave him. We’d be free together and live a normal…