battered wife

Wife or girlfriend who is victimized by being physically, emotionaaly and/or verbally abused by their loser boyfriends or husbands and are convinced that it is okay or that they will not find anyone else to love them and are practically brainwashed.

Girl 1: he hit me again
Girl 2: why do you put up with him?
GIrl 1: because he tells me he loves and needs me. I am the only one for him.
Girl 2: you're starting to sound like a battered wife

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