Encore: I'm In Love With My Abuser
Dear Sugars
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I Wish Shame, I Love Him
Cheryl: I think one of the saddest lines in this letter to me, Charlie, I wish shame, is I love him. Every abuser and victim of abuse, they love each other. Love is beside the point. What's at issue here isn't love, it's abuse. And what you mustn't do in this moment is partake of the magical thinking that you can return to the beautiful loving part of the relationship if only you will overlook that he struck you in the face three times.
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