My best friend has almost zero self-respect when he’s in romantic relationships. He was in a marriage with someone who controlled everything and pushed him around. She treated him like a prop with no soul of his own. And he would just listen. He did whatever she told him to do and he said he “had to.” He spent over TEN years with her and when he finally asked for a divorce, she called all his abusive toxic family members who he hadn’t spoken to in years and got them to contact him and attack him. She said it was because they “had a right to know” and he actually believed her excuse and wasn’t mad about it. Oh and he still wants to be FRIENDS. While they were separated, he dated a hoe who slept with at least 5 of our co-workers. She was messing with our boss and got pregnant with our boss’s baby and then lied to my friend and told him it was his so he would stay with her. When she finally admitted she was lying, he eventually ended things but kept being “friends” with her.
After all of that, it’s clear to me that he will accept almost anything. He regrets his decisions but does not seem to fully grasp that he has a serious problem. I started therapy and then stopped. It really bothers me that he might just never start respecting himself.
After all of that, it’s clear to me that he will accept almost anything. He regrets his decisions but does not seem to fully grasp that he has a serious problem. I started therapy and then stopped. It really bothers me that he might just never start respecting himself.
