An Explosive End To A Relationship

What Happened When I Decided Enough Was Enough

Li
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2 min readOct 30, 2024

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Having written extensively about the two narcissistically toxic marriages, and the enormously damaging ensuing acrimonious breakups I went through, I totally comprehend the unenviable position America finds itself in with a certain ex-President. However, I must thank a fellow Medium writer for helping me to look back at the past from a more emotionally distant, and yet scarier, position.

The story I read earlier, by Sheldon Clay, was in draft form and may not have yet been published. However, there is another story of his on the very same subject from four years ago, and it makes for a very prophetic read, not to mention a scary one.

The one comment in Sheldon Clay’s story that resonated with me at a very deep emotional level was that

“…an abusive relationship tends to be at its most dangerous when the abuser realizes you’ve decided to end it.”

As a rule, abusers do not like being outed or abandoned and all too often punish their victim/s…

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