My boyfriend is nearly perfect or is as nearly perfect as one can get. His flaws are human and minor. I could definitely see spending the rest of my life with him and I want to. However, he has the family from hell. His mother is a very self centered control freak who hates everyone and thinks everyone is stupid. She treats everyone with disrespect and puts everyone down all the while expecting others to treat her with the upmost respect. His entire family think they're better than everyone else and it shows. My boyfriend's sister is a carbon copy of her mother. I came from an abusive home growing up. I feel rootless like I never had a home because of how I was treated growing up. My boyfriend's family is extremely emotionally abusive. I've entered therapy twice in order to deal with it. I've thought about suicide. I've thought about murdering his family. Things wouldn't be so bad if my boyfriend wasn't such a coward. He will agree that they are emotionally abusive and that they do things that aren't right and that are hurtful. When it comes time to confront them or when I stand up for myself he continually wants to ignore the problem or wants me to back down. He is the perfect man if it weren't for his family. I hate his family for doing this to us. A part of me hates him for being a coward. Even though I want to spend the rest of my life with him, I don't think I can because of his family. He'll lose me because he won't stand up to them. Confess ID: waptauqw        Posted On: 01-Aug-2008