My lovely friend broke up with her partner last year. As we're expats, she had to move to the UK du to visa requirements after the split.
A short whole after, a work acquaintance got in touch asking after her (he'd met he at a party we had) On learning she was single he set about wooing her, using me as an initial conduit. She was happy, he was charming. He flew her back here as a surprise for me early on (good friends, was missing her lots. Totally great). All blissfully good and so happy for her.
Now. Now she's back here (abroad) living with him, their relationships totally altered. He hates her friends. She's not allowed male friends or to wear makeup.Hel doesn't like her socialising. There's an unspoken list of rules she neither knows nor understands, but seems to break daily.
She knows this isn't okay and is talking about it, but he's convincing her his world view is correct.
I've recommended she read this board so if you're reading this lovelyfriend, Im being vague enough I hope.
is it possible a treatable psychological problem could cause him to behave like this? Or are these classic red flags she should be heeding? (I'm not covering everything to maintain some anonymity).
(please ignore mistakes due to iPad)