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When your partner uses threats of leaving to win arguments

Every time we fight my husband threatens to leave and I end up apologizing for things that weren't my fault just to make him stay

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love becomes hostage negotiation when the threat of abandonment is weaponized to avoid genuine resolution.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Boundaries in Love?”

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