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3 Surprising Ways Your Husband Is Taking Advantage Of You
Women who feel, “my husband is taking advantage of me,” may often be confused by the damaging advice they receive when they go for help. And what you know right now may only be the tip of the iceberg.
See If Your Husband is Taking Advantage of You: 3 Ways
1. IF HE USES YOUR TRUST TO HIDE WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING
Most women don’t enter marriage looking for problems. They enter it assuming he’s telling the truth, and if something feels off, there must be a harmless reason. So when he’s distant or irritable, you might think he’s stressed or he’s had a bad day. But what if that’s not the reason he’s stressed?
Stay with me…You’ll see more about how this plays out in real time.
2. He LIEs TO YOU ABOUT HOW HE SPENDS HIS TIME OR MONEY
If your husband is taking advantage of you in this way, you’re not going to know, but it’s definitely going to feel like he’s taking advantage of you, because things are not adding up. If you need help figuring things out, join our Betrayal Trauma Support Group online.
Even if you don’t have all the details, patterns of secrecy + financial behavior + outside relationships are enough.
3. HE’S TRYING TO GET YOU TO DOUBT YOUR OWN INTUITION
If he’s saying things like, you’re overreacting or you’re imagining things, or he’s saying he didn’t say something he definitely said, he’s trying to take advantage of that conversation to manipulate you.
If you relate and think you might be experiencing emotional abuse, take my free emotional abuse test.
In this transcript you’ll find the following points: