Every incident chips away at your limit. Every time you choose to stay, it makes the next time that much harder to leave. Eventually, you lose sight of your limit altogether, because you start to think, ‘I’ve lasted five years now. What’s five more?

Colleen Hoover
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The saying goes: "Every time you choose to stay, it makes the next time that much harder to leave. Eventually, you lose sight of your limit altogether, because you start to think, ‘I’ve lasted five years now. What’s five more?’" This is a very powerful quote that captures what it means to be in a relationship. When you are in an abusive relationship, the abuse only gets worse every single day.

Your abuser may tell you that he will change and stop abusing you, but this is just a lie. It's important to realize that every incident chips away at your limit. Every time you choose to stay, it makes the next time that much harder to leave.

Eventually, you lose sight of your limit altogether, because you start to think, ‘I’ve lasted five years now. What’s five more?’ When someone says they will change their ways and stop skipping out on appointments with their friends or family members, they are not being honest with themselves or with you. There are some people who are able to make changes but there are many who are not able to make any changes whatsoever.

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