Interesting thread on this topic in the Psychology sub forum. My sidebar:

Friend of mine who is quite intelligent vents on occasion that he's in an emotionally abusive relationship. He's been with his partner about seven years. They've lived together at least five. He's used the phrase 2-3 times in same number of years. I don't remark further on what he should do, that's self-evident.

..To me. I went from concerned to sympathetic to ambivalent over the past few...