Exactly this. Everytime I read certain stories on this site and see the comments, it just really reminds me of how fortunate a lot of people are. While I'm happy that they haven't experienced certain types of abuse or assault, it also speaks volumes to the type of people they are that they're unable to find empathy or understand towards the characters simply because they haven't been in that characters shoes. Because you don't have to experience something to understand it.
Right now, our FL is doing the right thing. Depending on the ML to get out of her current situation could potentially land her into an equally or worse situation. She doesn't know him. She read about him, but she doesn't actually know him. It would be reckless of her to run to him just to escape her family. I also understand that we feel bad for the kid, but she's right that it's more cruel to raise his expectations of having her as a mom and bonding with him just to soon disappear from his life.
The amount of hate she's getting is ridiculous and I just really hope those hating on her never find themselves in a similar situation because it shouldn't be this hard to understand where she's coming from.
Right? When I finally came to the comment section I was surprised cause I really liked both ml and the fl . Most of them probably wanted her to take revenge and be badass or something.
I like stories like that but being close to reality is just not their thing. You can't just up and out of situations like this.
She's doing a great job here
I can see that not many people here have lived in abusive households. A man should not be your plan sis. We know the ml is atleast not going to be abusive cause he is the ml. How is she supposed to know that?
When it comes to situations like this I'm on her side. Slowly removing herself from the toxic environment as long as her life is not on the line and getting out of the house by herself is the best possible outcome. Ofcourse she should get all the help she could afford.
And you are saying that she should just treat the kid nicely and everything would be fine? Aren't you just using the poor thing for your own gain?
The affection towards the child should be unconditional. That's where this is going.
And btw I really like the ml. No matter how much he disliked her the moment he saw signs of abuse he refused to ignore the signs or look away.
I also agree that he was very pushy and refused to respect her boundaries but in this particular situation I am that kind of a person too.