I’m not generally a thread girl, but this is important. One of my oldest friends was in an abusive relationship for a year. It followed a classic pattern. She was recently divorced, he love bombed her, relentless flattery, talk of soulmates and unprecedented feelings etc... Fairly soon, he turned up the heat. Kept stealing her phone and lying about it, temper tantrums, verbal abuse, false accusations made about her friends so she’d dump us and be isolated. Abusive messages he’d send from her phone to ruin her relationships. It was hell...