Stories

It was a whirlwind. But, a year later, he had become scary. He became jealous about parties, drinking – even evenings spent with family. He’d say I was “pissing our time away”.

He wanted to see me every day. College became difficult though; I had to stop hanging around with guy friends to be ‘a loyal girlfriend’. Before I knew it, I had no friends.

I never thought abuse would happen to someone like me. I always thought that it would happen to people that were married, in relationships that were a lot older than I was.

He checked my messages online, and accused me of flirting with male friends I had. I tried to break up with him, but he threatened me, telling me he’d share secrets I had told him with friends and family.