and after you leave more and more pieces fall into place 😢 I found out after leaving that he lied to me about how long he had been out of his last relationship, he told me it was a year, it was not
2025-05-15 19:30:09
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Ava Fisk :
This is actually tremendously healing for me. Now knowing that it took three months to see his abuse is impressive. I was the only one who got close enough to see the person not match the picture he was painting. He has a best friend of seven years, that was a big fact that I resided in for too long.
2025-06-25 21:28:02
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ocean_breezye :
Absolutely spot on. Took me many years to leave my abusive ex husband. Took less than 3 months to leave the guy I dated after him. Now? They don’t even get my attention for more than a few conversations. These men out themselves so fast. It’s wild.
2025-05-21 05:05:54
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Oakwood_Lady :
I found out that mine introduce me to his ex's entire family 😂. He told me that those people were like family to him, they were his very close friends because he didn't have family that like him ever since he came to Christ. He introduced me to his ex's grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins lol! His ex told me who they were because I had to dig her up and get some answers. I always wondered why those people looked at me strange, and they never tried to get to know me as Bobby's wife, it was always a weird energy.
2025-06-10 22:08:17
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Tori :
Ironically the only person who pointed out red flags to me about my partner was my narc parent so I didn’t put any weight into it because it didn’t feel genuine/felt hypocritical 🙃
2025-05-19 19:52:26
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Beth :
This is a perfect analogy. I felt like I was loosing my mind in the end! Everyone else thought and thinks he’s lovely and attentive but he would rarely treat me as nice as he treated strangers…quick to boast about how “good” he was to me. Meanwhile I was in hell that he said was my own fault and I was to blame for his behaviours…scary looking back on it all
2025-05-19 09:08:41
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Jonathan 🇨🇦 :
I finally put the pieces together at the end. I realized this was exactly how her previous partners ended up and how she treated and blamed them. Love bombing, devaluing, abusing, make the guy sick, then blame him and discard like garbage
2025-05-22 22:41:57
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allisonhowmann :
There is so much shame about not seeing the actual picture beforehand. It happens slowly.
2025-05-16 00:10:11
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kathy Heet :
You blow me away with these videos. I don’t want to sound condescending but I’m really proud of you
2025-05-16 03:35:25
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bruciblue :
Brilliant metaphor this needs to blow up
2025-05-15 13:23:17
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See You Outside :
I literally made this analogy when I was thinking through things
2025-05-15 16:17:18
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Michael - Abuse Recovery :
Brilliant analogy Tara. Love this.
2025-05-15 15:54:11
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Sarah Springsteen Trumble :
So accurate
2025-06-11 13:02:03
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Jay Saxe🇨🇦 :
Yes it’s perfect. A bargain basement ziploc bag puzzle haha 😅 but such ga great video and could help so many ❤️
2025-05-15 15:01:40
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Julie Baldino :
I call the moments that didn’t land right “gut punch” moments… when the words that came out of his mouth didn’t match the person he said he was. It took over 2 decades and a lot of other people pointing it out for me to finally see what was happening.
2025-05-15 15:10:08
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Catherine :
hi my name is Catherine, I am 47 years old and a momma of 4. I work as a EPA, which is someone who works with kids that have special needs. I live in nova scotia Canada, and a dv warrior/survivor x4
2025-05-16 09:35:25
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Custody Chaos :
Alladisssss 👏👏👏👏
2025-05-16 03:42:42
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