MO AND PHINDI | How to deal with controlling partner in a relationship

People who control others can’t understand why you see things differently than they do

Being married to someone that believes they are always right and therefore can't take correction or receive guidance from you is being in a controlling and manipulative relationship.

In marriage, controlling behaviour is often excused as one partner's attempt to make the union solid. In reality, it is someone trying to get you to match their expectations of how things “should” be through use of criticism and manipulation...

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