Sharing the precious time of one's life
Is cherish just a word-for a trade?
Individual identity and the wedding vow
Meet the intimate partner
The complex matter of emotional abuse
Compromise and trade (C&T) abuse
Defining stress, trouble, abuse, and violence in relationships
Who could ask for more story
When the person abusing feels abused
Unusually aggressive story
addressing denial and problem patterns
Patterns of abuse and violence in relationships
Pattern addictions to what we call love can control us
Compulsion obsession story
Violence and abused-related trauma
Altered state, violence, and weapon story
Acknowledge long-term effects
Note about child witness fallout
Knowing when to get out story
How you know your skin's too tight
Breaking through the problem pattern
Seeing the troubled couple
Wise elder plan for troubled couple
Coming back from intimate partner abuse and violence
Epilogue: motherhood, life, and violence.
