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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
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A woman who has been with an abusive man must understand that SHE is not the damaged goods... he is. Any human who deliberately, systematically abuses another is definitely a damaged person.
When you react as if you're damaged, then you are just moving the abuse from the external source (the guy), to an internal one (yourself), and that just shouldn't happen.
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you said that as gracefully and eloquently as I should have 
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