It's a really complicated situation and honestly as the friend or family member you should show you support but at the end of the day it is their choice and it is with their timing. Yea the situation is crap but there are ways to go about handling it...'saving' someone doesn't always end in gratitude...
I totally understand your point...however there are situations when the abused person does not want to break up the relationship...it seems impossible but it does happen... they are just too immersed or dependent...and you can’t chose for them in the end...I have a friend who lived with a sicko psycho (add drug addict to that)... me and a few other friends who knew something was wrong went to her and she finally moved out...but she did continue to see him...and even came back after a few years...and the abuse intensified... we didn’t know what to do...some of us just left and she just cut all communication with the ones that tried to help saying “they do not know and they judge me and my love...”... I discussed with her a lot on the issue but never dared force her to leave ... so that she could call me if needed ... it took her 2 years to understand that he was the problem and not her and she finally left...by the time she had become a drug addict and unemployed (did I mention that guy never worked a day in his life?) and had a lot to deal with ... however she had to realize by and for herself what he really was... now she is slowly rebuilding herself... to clarify it was mainly psychological abuse... rarely physical (happened once or twice but one of our friend went to him at the time ... and was really persuasive)
Correct, in most instances. You can't force it. It doesn't work. If someone does not want to leave, they won't. But also, leaving an abusive relationship is complicated and there are a lot of details which need to be worked out. The situation he caused, if it were real life, could have created a much, much more dangerous scenario.
Hmm... it's good that he's helping him get out of that abusive situation, but it's awful presumptuous to make a move without discussing with the person who's being abused first. You can't just force someone to leave an abusive relationship, and even if he did want to, you can't assume that it's safe for them/their loved ones/their potential pets/etc to up and leave without a plan.
I accept that I am overthinking this. Lol