Lifestyles Report…Rice is cooking

“I do you like I do you because I know you can take it,” remember that line from ‘For Colored Girls’ who have considered suicide/­when the rainbow is enuf? Her man was telling her why he treated her the way he did. With all the talk about Ray Rice and the woman he knocked out (his now wife) it makes me wonder how do you marry a man who has knocked you out, lay next to him each night not sure when the next blow is going to come, will it be in a week a month or maybe a year? How do you ever feel the same? Here are some of the reasons people stay in abusive relationships.
Fear: You may be afraid of what will happen if you decide to leave the relationship. If someone has been threatened by their partner, family or friends, they may not feel safe leaving.
Believing Abuse is Normal: Not knowing what a healthy relationship looks like, perhaps from growing up in an environment where abuse was common, some may not recognize that their relationship is unhealthy.
Embarrassment: It’s probably hard to admit that they’ve been abused. One may feel they’ve done something wrong by becoming involved with an abusive partner. They may also worry that their friends and family will judge them.