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Is it emotional abuse?

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    Janine
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    Why do some men call women ” crazy ” during heated arguments? Is it because they just don’t understand what it is a woman is talking about or because they want to avoid the real issue and invalidate the woman?

    #16499

    There are lots of reasons that people name call, including lack of a bigger vocabulary! Any of the reasons you suggest could be true, but it would help to know the specific situation you’re talking about in order to better advise you. In general, however, calling someone crazy is not emotional abuse.

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    #15629
    Janine
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    Its a situation where a friends with benefits arrangement took a turn for the worst! Once feelings became involved everything between me and this guy went South. To make a very long story short, me and this one guy have been bickering, arguing, fighting each other since this past April up until last week. The way we’ve gone at each other, things we’ve said, people on the outside who don’t know the whole story would think we were in some lengthy relationship that ended badly. We’ve said harsh things to each other over the course of nine months off and on. Its clear he’s angry and resentful towards me and faithfully refuses to talk to me about the real reason why so we can put it behind us.

    The most recent incident, I sent him a message telling him that I was happy for him that he and his ex-girlfriend got back together and that he was in love and that I wasn’t being realistic before about him and me and that I wanted to close the chapter for good. He sends me a message back that I wasn’t expecting that said “[b] Judge me not by the things you see when you look at me, but by the content of my character, the truth will set you free[/b] “. I didn’t know how to take that, but from there it seemed like we were back on speaking terms. A week later when I asked him if me being black had anything to do with why he distanced himself from me and why he treated me the way he did before, he snapped! He told me it didn’t matter, asked me why I kept at it and asking him questions like that and to just stop. He then tells me ” If you don’t know that I don’t like you cause you’re crazy, then you’re crazy “. From there I tell him that it was definitely too good to be true and to have a great life.

    I don’t understand the hostility or why I seem to be the only one that provokes him. I mention emotional abuse because its been nine months of verbal abuse and pain, but no clue where its coming from in dealing with a guy whose said he has no feelings for me and doesn’t like me.

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    Janine
    Member #31,258

    A funny encounter happen between us back in October. We’re at a sporting event, I run into him on the balcony and he just stands there staring at me, but I panic, I was overwhelmed at seeing him and I just walked out. As I was walking away I turned to see that he had this smirk on his face. I decide to walk back in and we don’t speak to each other the whole night. He walks by me twice while I’m talking to another guy, making sure eye contact was made, but still we don’t speak. He treated me like a stranger. Its safe to say we’ve pushed each others buttons and is probably best we don’t ever speak again.

    #16430

    What you’re describing is definitely not emotional abuse.

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