My first relationship was interesting to say the least. I was new to woman and was raised mostly by female relatives who were all hardworking productive women who treated everyone with kindness and respect. They were pretty typical small town women of the generation before shit went sideways. So I had this ridiculous ideal of woman as this way. Then when I actually got into that relationship the girl waited until I was wrapped around her finger to start physically and emotionally abusing me. She would cut me with a knife and cheat. I was so stupid that I though that if I just appeased her it would stop. But I was wrong, I am a large man and could have stopped her easily but I had been instilled with a disgust towards abusive men as a child and didn’t want to be like that so I put up with it. I have been out of it for 4 years now and have become stronger because of it but I was just wondering if there is a better method to going my own way.