Unhappy relationship why stay

[justaguy456]

Why do people stay in an unhappy relationship. Manipulating abuse controlling. Cheating no respect. Argue all the time.

Why give up a chance of happiness to stay in that.

Who knows? Maybe they've got nowhere to go. Maybe they're scared of their partner and what he might do. Maybe they just love him and can't let go of their hope that it might all get better. Personally, I've always just walked away.

Fear of the unknown
Sunk cost fallacy
Codependency
Childhood trauma creating low expectations / normalisation of abuse

Lots of reasons.

Use your imagination

Worried about effect on kids, not wanting to be a single parent or to be poorer, fear, minimising things in their mind for convenience

Lots of reasons.

It’s also easier to objectively judge a relationship from outside than inside it. Many people don’t fully recognise it as bad or kid themselves into thinking it’s a bad period and things will get better.

Manipulating abuse controlling

Do you think this might be part of it?

@justaguy456

Why do people stay in an unhappy relationship. Manipulating abuse controlling. Cheating no respect. Argue all the time.

Why give up a chance of happiness to stay in that.

So many reasons.

Often because it was fantastic & passionate once and there’s hope of it returning to that.

Self esteem in tatters & they believe they’re not worthy of better.

Financially in a bind

Fear

From the people I’ve spoken to it’s because they don’t want to be a single parent

The situation may be less daunting than the complications of splitting from someone, particularly if they are abusive.
Practical reasons like money, childcare.
Better the Devil you know.
Fear.
Hoping it’s better for the children. It rarely is.
Coming from parents who split up, and they vowed they wouldn’t.
Financial.
Domestic violence, threat increases immediately after leaving. Many women return many times.
So many reasons. Read the threads here for an hour or two and you’ll see.