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We've been together for nearly a year, we started out as business partners and it developed into a very loving and committed relationship as we helped each other over some past hurts. He made (and still does at times) make me feel like the only woman in the world, adored and loved like no other but his behavior can be frustrating.

For example, if something goes wrong, even if it's his fault, he blames me by saying something along the lines "that wouldn't have happened if you'd listened to me" or "if you had done____, then it would have been fine" and my personal least favorite "I told you so, there's a reason you should always listen to me".

A little background... He had a pretty rough childhood, his birth mother was a crack addict and his stepmother abused him, his grandmother was the only woman that's never disappointed him and has been through a couple of bad relationships in the past which colors his view of things. I find I blame myself when he gets down and sometimes pissy because he doesn't do anything 'wrong' and he doesn't deserve whatever repercussions he has to face because of others actions.

He gets really offended if I disagree with him a lot of times and is quick to criticize me. If I stand up for myself, he says I'm being a bully and he won't be pushed around or forced to see things 'my way'. He monopolizes nearly every conversation and when I try to talk about myself or other subjects, he quickly turns the conversation to himself or one of his 'stories' that he tells repeatedly, as if I've never heard them before. Whenever I try to talk about anything, he seems disinterested at times and will even get up and walk away as if I'm not sitting right there beside him, speaking to him. If I call him on it, he says he's still listening but..

I love this man, am planining to spend my life with him, but I don't know how to handle his behavior anymore or help him see what this is doing to me. I'm inside out over i