As mentioned in the chapter people still wonder why some women choose to stay in an abusive relationship. I too would always wonder what the reason was as well, until my friend since third grade told me. Now as adults my friend has a daughter and just recently she was in a domestic violence relationship with a former boyfriend. She kept so much from me and her family until the point where it had gotten extremely worse for her. After I had recently visited Houston to see some friends and family I and she had made plans to hang out. That however, didn’t happen and she didn’t even call to let me know why or if there was a problem until I had returned back home to Chicago. Then she called and told me the reason we couldn’t hang out was because
