My boyfriend was violent and hit me after an argument

DEAR DEIDRE: ONE minute I was talking to my boyfriend. The next he’d punched me in the face and I couldn’t get up off the floor.

I admit I can be hard to live with and we do argue now and then but nothing like this has ever happened before.


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I am not sure what happened but I have to take some of the blame.

My boyfriend apologised before we went to bed.

I am 26 and he is 28. We have been together for two years.

I haven’t been able to mention this to anyone else.

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I think my boyfriend would be upset with me if I told any of our friends what happened.

I don’t want anyone thinking badly of him.

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DEIDRE SAYS: No matter what the provocation, your boyfriend should not have hit you.

Your boyfriend is a danger to you. Don’t wait for another angry outburst or give him any more chances.

My support pack Abusive Partner explains.

The National Domestic Abuse Helpline can tell you how to handle this without putting yourself at further risk (womensaid.org.uk, 0808 2000 247).

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