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In reply to the discussion: How many times have you been married? [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)33. My first marriage was to an abusive alcoholic...
... I was so naive, I didn't know what an alcoholic actually was. I was also so naive that he really did have me believing that it was my fault that he hit me, and that I deserved it, and that I was lucky that he'd have me at all "because nobody else would put up with me". Ugh.
It was a short marriage... no kids. I got out with the help of friends (and their money, and their safety) one day he came home to an empty house and I already had a lawyer. Whew!
So young. Live and learn.
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