I live together with my boyfriend and we have been together for nearly 5 years. Over the last few years things have sometimes been getting a bit rough. Mostly fights that were caused by something happening to him outside of home, like someone saying something to him he didn't like. This always made him very aggressive, which in turn scared me. My attempts to calm him down resulted in him turning mad at me and sometimes even get physical with me. Not hitting but pushing etc.
In turn, this often led to us leaving where we lived, moving elsewhere after getting settled etc. It also led to me quitting university twice already.
We finally moved into a new city and place last fall and things have mainly been fine since then. But for the last 2 weeks he has been getting really angry at the people here, yeah, I know it sounds funny, but the whole population really. He wants to move again, as soon as possible. But we have hardly any money to realise that nor do I want to. I have started a new course at university again, have a lovely job and even found a few new friends here.
I can't leave again. I don't want to.
But that is not all: I love him and I am afraid that I'm just scared to leave him. Things have not been easy for him, but he doesn't see a problem at all. He is unemployed, but manages to get stoned and drunk quite a few days a week.
That normally calms him down, but I now live in fear. I know this sounds silly, and I know I should leave him, but we have such good times together normally. We have been through some difficult times together and I would be devasted to see this all falling apart. But I can't help thinking it is for the best, that I NEED to get out before it is too late.