With the exception of my parents, most people either never trusted the former spouse, felt manipulated or that he intentionally manipulated them or that he was a good provider but a bad husband or that he kept crushing me down.
And that he could be incredibly charming, welcoming and was intelligent.
Now that I'm away from the relationship I see how bad it was, how knowingly manipulative he was/is.
Something broke. It wasn't (or couldn't be) fixed. It ended.
