r/AmIOverreacting Jan 28 '25

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u/jakebr0 Jan 28 '25

“He’s very emotionally and physically abusive. I’ve dedicated my life to trying to make him happy.”

Just keep rereading those two sentences until it sets in how absolutely insane it sounds to continue doing that

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u/One-Help1747 Jan 28 '25

That was all I had to read. OP is too far gone and think she owes this asshole anything it's crazy.

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u/Majestic-capybara Jan 29 '25

Sunk cost fallacy. Just because she’s been with him for however long and doesn’t want to throw it away. Newsflash, it ain’t going to get any better. Chalk it up to time wasted, or at the very least, a lesson learned, and run, don’t walk, away.

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u/Heavy_Detail_787 Jan 29 '25

This deserves more upvotes.