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I don't care if it's a slap or a fist, it's a dealbreaker. And that's not just for men hitting women... if I were to ever strike my husband in anger, he would have every right to leave me, right then and there. It goes both ways.
There is no excuse for violence in a relationship, and there is no justification for tolerating it, either. I have very strict lines defining verbal, emotional, and physical abuse, and as soon as they're crossed, that's it. I watched my parents abuse each other in every way possible while I was growing up, and that is one cycle that I will not enter as an adult. Took some years of therapy to work that shit out, but it's very, very worth it.
Miss Mango, your situation does not sound good. What exactly is going on?
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran
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