OMG I agree. The shithead is dick who deserves the worst death. The only reason I called the FL a groomer is not on practical level rather on emotional level. She "taught" the child and "played" with him when he was a kid, so it's kind of weird for her to romantically blush for the child he practically raised. But i understand where you're coming from.
She was raised as a child bride by an incredibly emotionally manipulative man. She resents him but is still suffering from the grooming and emotional isolation he put her through. As much as she hates him, he is her primary relationship and emotional pillar.
Everyone knows she's being abused and just ignores it or tells her to accept it, even her family. For all his shittyness he does try to treat her well outside of his need for control and abusive sex. In her isolation he is her main source of support wich only makes things worse and conflicts things for her emotionally. This is frustratingly common in real life and part of why it's so difficult to help people leave abusive relationships. I had to give up on a close friend whom I've known since elementary school after almost a decade of repeated abusive relationships she just couldn't being herself to leave. The phrase "but, I love him" will forever trigger me now
Unpopular opinion but the FL is wearing me out. You get jealous when lowell's with another girl but always set a boundary when he comes to you? You don't want him but don't want him to go to someone else? Girl gtfo.