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Monday, July 6, 2009 12:00 AM

My boyfriend criticizes everything!

He thinks I'm supposed to be perfect and seizes on my tiniest mistakes

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  • Sunday, July 5, 2009 06:33 PM

    DTMFA

    That is emotional abuse. He's trying to tear down your self-esteem. He's already lured you into believing that you are under any obligation to "perform" for him, to be an object of perfection instead of another person. You need to get out before he really starts escalating the abuse.

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