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| Walk away | 64% | 680 votes | Total: 1055 votes | |
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ABUSE ME! I ASKED FOR IT "Is it easier to walk away or stay with a partner who is violent?" After 23 years in a mental, verbal, and abusive relationship, sitting here thinki...read more
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by Autumn May
This is actually a hard one for me to write to, however I do have personal insight on the subject itself so it is far easier for me to reply to this question rather then someone...read more
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by Gary Maclean
The short answer to the long question is simply run as fast and as far as you possibly can. Because that is exactly what you should do, run, don't walk, run, don't look back, ru...read more
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Is it easier to walk away or stay with a partner who is violent? Marriages are made in heaven.' This proverb applies only to the arranged marriages. In love marriages the cou...read more
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by Candy Jules
It's never easy to just walk away from an abusive person. It's obvious there are already anger issues, and when they are crossed, they become more violent. Staying with someone ...read more
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by Ken Bradford
Whether it is easier to leave a violent relationship or stay in the violence is a very complex issue that will never be as easily resloved as the question may appear. It is an e...read more
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by June McGee
Is it Easier to Walk Away or Stay with a Partner who is Violent? Surely you jest? I am one who has always said, "If I was a woman, no man would ever hit me more than once." D...read more
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by Rich Rivers
Marriage or relationship is supposed to be something both partners must share and enjoy. It should be an exciting experience for people who have decided to be together. It is ...read more
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I can't believe this subject would even be debated. The definite answer is to walk away. I have always hated myself for what I am about to say but I am a professional at this su...read more
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by Tnpoet
WALK AWAY OR RUN AWAY! First of all, NO ONE DESERVES to be abused. I am a very strong willed intelligent human being and to this day don't understand how I could let this ha...read more
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by Sarah Wilson
As a victim of domestic vilolence who did walk away I had to come out on this side. However it was not an easy decision to make and the debate title is a difficult one. An abuse...read more
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"Easier" is the term used here but I'm not sure the implication is the same as walking away. It's really hard to walk away from a relationship that has much history and feel...read more
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by SN Bynoe
It is far easier for a person to leave someone who is violent. Grabbing luggage, and throwing it in to the back of a car appears to be the simplest solution for the victim, as o...read more
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"You're nothing without me. How could anyone love you, you're nothing. You're life is meaningless and worthless." Do these words sound familiar to any of you? The first hit ...read more
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This is yet another of those double-edged sword questions. Easier isn't the word I'd use for staying with or leaving a violent partner. The logical preference is walking awa...read more
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It is now difficult to say because our wonderful legal system has characterized everything as abuse. If a person is being assaulted (ie punched,kicked, strangled.) that is abus...read more
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by Carmen Banks
"It is better to have a crust of bread and have peace than to have an abundance in a house full of turmoil." How true that statement is from the most wise source known to manki...read more
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by Just Jenn
You need to walk away. I have been there, and yes, saying that is easier said than done and there are many people around who think it's that easy just to up and leave but it is...read more
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Once a person is in the position to ask the question which is easier, then the situation is already unbearable. To stay in a violent relationship is to put your life, and the l...read more
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Do you ever really know the person you fall in love with and marry? My reply to this question is "no, maybe not" You do not know your spouse's idiosyncrasies until you are marri...read more
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by Dee Cain
In visiting the subject of staying in a domestic violence relationship being easier the answer would be yes. Walking away sounds easy but unfortunately that is not the case. Unt...read more
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Everyone has trials in their lives. How we get through those tough times is what creates our character. I have reached a point in my life where I can look back on where I've b...read more
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Don't be so sure it's easier to leave an abusive relationship. If that be the case many women around the world wouldn't think twice about the situation they have found themselve...read more
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There is nothing about domestic abuse that can be labeled under the subject of easy. To continue with the relationship is as demanding a thought as leaving. When you are in an...read more
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by Molly O'Shea
Domestic violence does not always go down as an observer might think. In the first place, the abuser often doesn't show any signs of being abusive, until the marriage or relati...read more
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by Shana Baxter
Unfortunately the answer to this question is stay. The easier option for any human is to stay in the situation that they are most comfortable in. Abuse leads to abuse. I...read more
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The question of whether it is easier to stay or leave a partner who is violent is always a difficult one. One I had to face, and it took me more than ten years to finally decid...read more
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I believe it is easier to stay, but it is not right nor is it my advice to do so. After twenty eight years of marriage, I walked away. This has been the hardest year of my lif...read more
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I was an abused woman for over 30 years, and at the age of 50 I decided I had suffered enough, and left. It's been said that experience is the best teacher, but I know it can be...read more
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by Jenn Currie
This debate isn't should you stay in abusive relationship or should you leave. The question is, is it easier to walk away then to stay with a partner who is violent? In most abu...read more
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by Shammah
Sad to say but society is so lacking in resources that are needed for situations like those of spousal and family abuse, it, traditionally and historically is easier for the abu...read more
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by Lea Terry
It's hard for people who have never experienced an abusive relationship to understand why the abused doesn't just get out when they know they need to escape. There are actually ...read more
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The question of staying or leaving sounds so simple right? Especially if you are the one standing outside and are looking in. Domestic Violence is not a single person's issue; i...read more
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by N. D. Guerre
If i am asked which is healthier for a woman, to stay with an abusive partner or to leave, i would, of course, encourage her to leave. Who wouldn't? But when asked if it is EA...read more
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There are so many factors to consider, is this question a realistic question when discussing domestic violence (abuse). Is this debate ever an issue when you are in a violent r...read more
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by Nita Tyson
When you ask if it is easier to stay or go..you are really asking is it harder to leave, or stay. I left, and believe me, it would have been far easier to stay. I look back ...read more
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To the outside world they look like many other couples, young, attractive and successful. They live in a nice home with their two children and perhaps even have a pet or two. Th...read more
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Partners who are violent are often very weak, they cry, they threaten and they use violence as a force of power which ensures their partner stays. Many a battled woman has hear...read more
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by MEalways
Two attempts were made on my life by my former partner, staying was safer, and easier. Use more make-up to hide the bruises, and get more creative with explaining things away as...read more
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by Crimson Foxx
Is it easier to stay or go when the relationship turns violent? That is an age old question which does not have a definite answer. I have often wondered why women stay with a vi...read more
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