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“I used to be in a really poisonous relationship for six years, but it surely didn’t flip that approach till we moved away from our hometown collectively to chase larger desires. After a couple of month of us being away from almost everybody we knew, he began abusing me bodily, mentally, and emotionally. We had two dogs, certainly one of which I had adopted previous to the connection, and he was very a lot my canine.”
“He would consistently put himself between my boyfriend when he may inform one thing was going to occur or begin bugging for walks when my boyfriend would come home late after ingesting. One evening, I used to be cooking, and the dogs had been asleep on the sofa when he got here home drunk. I poked at him for solutions as to why he had been lacking for hours, and I used to be instantly met with a beating of a lifetime. At one level, I bear in mind pondering to myself that I used to be going to die on that kitchen tile ground. Then, it simply stopped. I laid there for a second, grateful it had come to an finish, earlier than turning over and seeing my 6’4 200-pound boyfriend being actually dragged away by the again of the neck by my 80-pound canine. I stayed for for much longer than I’m proud to confess, however I did lastly get out of that relationship and took my lovely canine with me. He lived a really lovely and peaceable life till his passing in December 2023. I owed that canine all the pieces and can by no means have the ability to transfer on from what an absolute good dream he was.”
—Anonymous
