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You are so stupid..can’t you do anything right!

I used to hear this saying everyday…24/7. Whether it be washing the dishes, doing the laundry or cooking dinner. Hell! As far as he was concerned, I couldn’t even shit right! You know the ironic thing is, at first, I didn’t believe him. But slowly, after the first 100 times, it starts to stick in your brain. You begin to believe it. Gradually, the strong, confident, independent woman you were when you met slowly disappears. You look in the mirror trying to catch a glimpse of the woman you used to be. As you wipe away tears, you think to yourself “Tomorrow will be better. He really does love me and he only says these things cause he wants me to be better.”
The last time he called me stupid was May 31, 2003. Since then, I have graduated [...]