3 subtle signs that a partner might become abusive Avoid getting caged in a toxic, unhealthy relatio

The line between a partner who genuinely cares for you and one who obsessively tries to personalize you isn’t so broad. Sometimes, it is hard to differentiate between a partner who truly has their good intentions at heart, and one whose intentions are no longer in line with what is acceptable in a healthy relationship. This is because abuse in a relationship does not always begin with the clearly dreadful acts such as dishing out slaps and smashing objects in anger. Abuse often begins subtly, and might get mistaken for genuine care and concern. However, abuse cannot be guised as something else, and no matter how little or inconsequential it might appear, it is something to be worried about.

Below, we list three of the subtle, hard-to-pick things that could mean your partner has abusive tendencies. Isolating you from friends and family When a partner actively or passively tries to break you away from the previous relationships [friendships, family ties] you had before you got with them, it could be because they have a tendency to exercise some form of unhealthy control on you which won’t be possible if your close ones aren’t too far off and could scupper such plans