As you move past your abusive relationship and see other people’s relationships does it make you sad?

[Fightingback16]

I look at others when they are expecting for example and the excitement they are sharing. I was in survival mode. He never took pictures of me, we never did the family Pics of us happy with our baby. It really makes me realise the extent of the lack of emotional connection we had. It’s sad because although I have my future I’ll never get a lot of those times together with another. I’ll never have the excitement of expecting.

I’ll never Live with another again with no connection.

I feel the same, abusive unhappy marriage which ended last year, and unsuccessful online dating encounters. I look at couples and families when I'm out and feel such envy, because I've never had an emotional connection with a man despite trying really hard.