Woman Posts Offensive Texts From Her Ex-Husband To Help Women In Abusive Relationships

Abusive relationships are all around us, but they are usually very well concealed. To an untrained eye, these couples appear great, but experts can notice the subtle signs.

Most of us are not experts, so it comes as a shock that our favorite couple to hang out with is actually living a real, yet well-hidden family drama.

It's easy to say – just leave. However, many factors are involved. It's a complicated, frightening web of threats and blackmail, especially when child custody is at stake.

One woman posted screenshots of her abusive ex-husband's texts to illustrate what it's like on the inside of a bad and abusive relationship. She is no longer with her ex, but she wanted to help other women recognize such relationships and leave.

First, he’d repeatedly send her a barrage of paranoid text messages while she was at work, even though he knew she wasn’t permitted to have her phone with her during her shift.

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Another message shows Adam cross-examining her about her colleague, Tony, who changed her tire once.

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The following message reveals that he actually set traps to see if she was sleeping at home or not. She had slept at a female friend’s home that night.

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Then we find out that Adam also physically assaulted Kristy and told her not to inform her family about it, even though they could see the marks.

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Adam even made Kristy take pictures to prove that she wasn’t dishonest about her whereabouts.

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He also forced her to step outside at midnight every night to talk on the phone. Despite her best efforts to comply with his absurd demands, he still criticized her and even told her that she couldn’t come home anymore.

“Adam wasn’t always this way. He used to be kind and loving,” Kristy says. Then she lost weight and found a job. That’s when the abuse started.

“I finally got the courage to leave when he hurt my dog and kitten,” she said. “Three years later, and I’m actually doing great… I save these text messages to remind myself how far I’ve come.”