Cause: What happened? I knew this guy since I was ten years old. He was a family friend. I was head over heels for him. I was seventeen when we started dating. I was still in high school. He was twenty-four. From the beginning it was red flag after red flag. He was cheating right… Continue reading Mom – Fraser Valley B.C. Canada
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Category: Intimate Partner Violence
Women – Abbotsford, B.C.
Cause: What happened? We find relationships in our life based off the kind of love we think we deserve. The first abuse in my life started with my father, so when I looked for a relationship in my adult life, I was always trying to find something that I never even had growing up. I… Continue reading Women – Abbotsford, B.C.
Women – Fraser Valley, B.C. Canada
Cause -What happened? I met my ex-girlfriend on a dance floor. She was a French woman here in Canada on a work visa. There were phone calls and dinners and she told me her life story as a struggling single mom with three kids, an empty apartment and an empty fridge. I felt sorry for… Continue reading Women – Fraser Valley, B.C. Canada
Mom – Chilliwack, British Columbia Canada
Cause – What happened? Me and my ex were together for over three years. When we got together, we were both addicts. We fed off each others pain and lived in a very negative mind set. I got pregnant a year into us being together. He was really sweet to me in the beginning but… Continue reading Mom – Chilliwack, British Columbia Canada
Mom – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cause – What happened? I moved to a city that was new to me. I had friends, but I didn’t see them as frequently as I would have liked. I was lonely. When I went to an online dating site, I met a man and began a relationship with him. I ended up getting… Continue reading Mom – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada