Why Doesn’t She Just Leave Him?
Reasons Why Victims Of Domestic Violence Don’t “Just Leave”
Last week my boyfriend and I were watching reruns of ER on Hulu. We like shows we can just have on in the background while we play on our phones. It’s how we do romance. We are both introverts and don’t need a lot of stimulation from the other. It works.
Anyway, on the episode we were watching, the nurse, Abbie, had a neighbor couple where the wife was being beaten by her husband. Abbie tried to step in to help but she ended up being attacked by the male neighbor.
My boyfriend said, without thinking,
“Why do women stay with a guy like that? Why stick around?”
I just looked at him.
Then he realized what he was saying. He knows my story. He knows what I’ve been through. He knew what I had to do to get out. But it seems simple. A guy is hitting you? A guy is treating you like crap? Just leave!
That does seem like a simple solution, doesn’t it? But, you see, it isn’t that simple. It’s actually very hard to “just leave”. I spent almost 8 years of my life trying to leave. I got…
