@abbyeckel: Don’t ever let a man convince you that not talking about your relationship problems is out of respect. Or privacy. Or loyalty. Women need safe spaces to discuss these problems because bad things happen when women get isolated from doing so. 💜💜💜
I thought i was respecting my relationship but I was only protecting him and disrespecting myself. never again
2025-10-06 16:49:17
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bonniedoes 🇵🇸 :
The same men that want relationships sealed like a bank vault are also the ones being unfaithful lol
2025-10-06 20:14:20
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Regina Phelange 👑🇨🇦 :
Ladies listen to her!!
2025-10-12 17:07:19
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MarMo :
Oh! I was about to pop off until you kept talking. Ha
2025-10-12 16:40:46
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Michael :
I agree with what you’re saying as with DV . With this particular statement if you are in a healthy but strained relationship asking for outside advice can often make things worse for the relationship because you are finding validation for your argument and failing to gain perspective of your partner side . Further increasing tension. Putting these messages in the right context is important some can’t see the differences
2025-10-06 17:54:46
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qhenrick19 :
"Gossip" was always a form of communication for women. A way to pass information to a large group quickly. It has been demonized but it has always been a form of safety
2025-10-06 17:17:57
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Lee06 :
“ what happens at home, stays at home “ My abusive father drilled this into us to hide his abuse. But our friends parents knew, which is why their children were never allowed to come to our house, and we were encouraged to visit theirs- this helped shelter my younger siblings, but I was parentified and expected to make dinner, clean, shop, chauffeur and tutor my younger siblings so I was stuck at home with the monster.
2025-10-06 17:27:08
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Lunitari :
The only people that like my husband are his parents. & no one likes them either.
2025-10-07 11:58:04
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Malia🩵 :
Secrets Keep Families Sick
2025-10-07 02:02:27
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Kittie_hawk🖤 :
If he even thinks I’m talking about him in a negative light then he is hostile towards me and I get the silent treatment. All he “shows me” is I can do everything on my own without him. I’m just tired of all of this and I’m working towards the way out.
2025-11-05 20:37:12
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cat ✨ :
I didn’t tell anyone how he was treating me in order to respect the relationship. I wish I had a lot sooner. Keeping everything in encouraged me to let a lot slide.
2025-10-09 13:23:24
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Fashionably Divorced :
From a woman who lived exactly this way for a decade plus, YES
2025-10-08 12:20:30
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Monica Nashed :
Exactly this. I got out of my abusive relationship over a year ago now. if you feel too ashamed to tell your loved ones what's happening between you and your partner, that's the warning sign that something is not right and you might be in an abusive relationship. Took me a lot of courage to speak out and my ex lost it when he was being exposed. Talking to other people about your relationship troubles shouldn't be a problem, if it is - it's abuse.
2025-10-06 16:39:07
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Nicole Rhea :
Heard that from my ex husband. Need to “protect”the marriage he said. It was in talking to a friend about it that I realized I was being emotionally abused. Abusers want silence and isolation.
2025-10-06 16:33:47
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Virginia :
My ex was always mad at me when i talk my friends and family about things. "You always telling our business" actually im just talking to my support system cuz i need support
2025-10-08 17:29:38
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Marina :
I started talking to friends and family about his abusive behaviour not just to protect myself but also because everybody around us had a false impression of him. I ended the marriage and I'm so damn happy ever since
2025-10-06 18:33:06
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Night :
once I started talking. so many wished I told them sooner
2025-10-08 21:37:53
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🙄 :
My best friend moving to the town my ex isolated me in saved my life. I didn’t even realize what was happening until someone who loved me pulled me into reality.
2025-10-07 14:09:20
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Tracey :
My ex church taught women that “your husband’s name should be safe on your lips.” Basically, you should never tell anyone something that would change their perfect value of your husband. It was all abuse hiding abuse and control.
2025-10-08 09:32:40
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Ashly Kiara :
It feels embarrassing
2025-10-09 06:18:39
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It Makes Scentz :
he'd be so mad when I would talk about what happened. he had an image to keep up. how dare I tell someone what he was doing to me.
2025-10-07 13:09:40
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DyeTravels :
I realized how I shot myself in the foot with this belief because when I finally started telling my mother some of the things he had done to me and told her I was leaving the marriage she refused to believe me and kept trying to convince me to stay with him, telling me I’m just being angry and emotional because I “had never complained about him before.”
2025-10-08 23:40:30
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Megan :
yep.
2025-10-09 00:29:52
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Tay :
She used to get so upset when she found out I would tell my friends how she would cuss me out and scream at me for hours and yell at me for letting other people know what was going on.
2025-10-08 22:18:51
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