I moved to the USA from Ethiopia 7 years ago. I've known my ex-boyfriend since I moved, but we didn't get involved until 2 years later. I was 19 when I met him. At first he was nice, very caring. Over the years, he became very controlling, he made me leave all of my friends, . At first, I laughed at this and said "oh my God, you are jealous!". But he was serious. He threatened to kill my guy friends if he saw me with them. So I stopped seeing all of my friends, guy and girl. The years passed, and I was very sad and depressed. He called me names, isolated me from people, controlled my phone so I don't talk to people. I stopped communicating with people. He owned his own store, and therefore he had people with him all the time. When I call him, he tells me he is busy. The only time he'd spend time with me is if I have an exam the following day because he wants me to fail. he tells me he loves me but he does the opposite. In 2006, I finally was courageous and told him I've
2007-12-25
07:58:49
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Ok, in 2006, I told him I can't do this anymore. I was tired of crying all day, being alone and talking to myself. He was afraid of me finishing school because he feared I'd be successful.He feared my success and joy but still said he loved me. I introduced him to my brother-in-law in Ethiopia who works import/export. They worked together since 2005. In 2007, my ex-wrote me letters saying that I can run but I can't hide, that I was the only person he loved and threatened me. I told him that I do not want to be abused, I have the right to be free.He threatens to hurt my family in Ethiopia, he pays people to harass them. He claims that when they did their export business, there were some monetary errors, but when he's asked to discuss and do the math, he yells and calls my bro-in-law names. He is disorderly and rude.I was never involved other than introducing them to eachother I am very distubed because he knows that my family means a lot to me and he is trying to get me thru them.
2007-12-25
08:08:47 ·
update #1
I have finally finished school, thank God. I work and have moved to a different state. But how can I help my family? Also, does he have the right to hurt me like this? I mean, I was abused by him all these years. He was controlling to the point where I can not even participate in group projects. He also had people follow me to make sure I was alone. Now it's all over and I've moved, but he is still around by the things he does. He is not directly following me and threatening me, therefore carrying pepperspray etc won't do much. He got me emotionally. Just when I thought I have recovered and even forgiven and forgotten him, there he is harassing my family in ETHIOPIA. Because he knows he has no case in the USA because here we follow laws, there you pay people and they do things for you.
What should I do?
2007-12-25
08:15:41 ·
update #2