Quotes About Partner

Sometimes we may find that our partner continues to seek satisfaction in a ways that we cannot live with. Nevertheless, when we decide to go our own way we still have a choice as to how we separate. We can separate with bad feelings; blaming the other's fault and unacceptable behavior. Or we can separate with forgiveness, love and understanding.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife

That awkward moment when your teacher says 'Find a partner,' and you have no friends in that class so you're like...

I may not be your first love, first kiss, first sight, or first date but I just want to be your last.

Soul mate: two little words, one big concept. A belief that someone, somewhere, is holding the key to your heart.

Every heart desires a mate.

I think it's very hard to be with somebody that's in the limelight when you're really not into that.

I think working out with a loved one makes everything feel better!

There is nothing better than working out with your loved one.

Give me golf clubs, fresh air, and a beautiful partner, and you can keep my golf clubs and the fresh air.

Give me the fresh air, a beautiful partner, and a nice round of golf, and you can keep the fresh air and the round of golf.

On a potential husband, "All I ask is someone with a little imagination, but they are hard to find.

Because she deserved more than me. She deserved someone who could give her the whole universe.

The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as obvious. In fact, even among women who have experienced violence from a partner, half or more report that the man's emotional abuse is what is causing them the greatest harm.

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once. If he raises a fist; punches a hole in the wall; throws things at you; blocks your way; restrains you; grabs, pushes, or pokes you; or threatens to hurt you, that's physical abuse. He is creating fear and using your need for physical freedom and safety as a way to control you.

The sense of ownership is one reason why abuse tends to get worse as relationships get more serious. The more history and commitment that develop in the couple, the more the abuser comes to think of his partner as a prized object. Possessiveness is at the core of the abuser's mindset, the spring from which all the other streams spout; on some level he feels that he owns you and therefore has the right to treat you as he sees fit.

Abuse counselors say of the abusive client: "When he looks at himself in the morning and sees his dirty face, he sets about washing the mirror." In other words, he becomes upset and accusatory when his partner exhibits the predictable effects of chronic mistreatment, and then he adds insult to injury by ridiculing her for feeling hurt by him. He even uses her emotional injuries as excuses to mistreat her further.

The central attitudes driving the Demand Man are: It's your job to do things for me, including taking care of my responsibilities if I drop the ball on them. If I'm unhappy about any aspect of my life, whether it has to do with our relationship or not, it's your fault. You should not place demands on me at all. You should be grateful for whatever I choose to give. I am above criticism. I am a very loving and giving partner. You're lucky to have me.

Never believe a man's claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way.

RESEARCH INDICATES THAT A WOMAN'S INTUITIVE SENSE OF WHETHER OR NOT HER PARTNER WILL BE VIOLENT TOWARD HER IS A SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ACCURATE PREDICTOR OF FUTURE VIOLENCE THAN ANY OTHER WARNING SIGN.

This "gentle man" style of abuser tends to be highly self-centered and demanding of emotional catering. He may not be the man who has a fit because dinner is late but rather erupts because of some way his partner failed to sacrifice her own needs or interests to keep him content. He plays up how fragile he is to divert attention from the swath of destruction he leaves behind him.

Physical aggression by a man toward his partner is abuse, even if it happens only once.

Addiction does not cause partner abuse, and recovery from addiction does not "cure" partner abuse.

A woman can feel that she is losing her mind—or develop actual psychiatric symptoms—if the obvious realities of her life, including abuse, are denied repeatedly by her partner.