The same thing happened to me today. I was threatened with not only one thing but two things and it was repeated over and over and over again to PUNISH ME AND MAKE ME FEEL BAD. Just like my father used to do. But instead of getting hurt at first, I get angry. VERY ANGRY. And I fought back with same emotional crap that was dealt to me.
AND NOW I'M HURT. I LOOK AT MY HUSBAND AND SEE MY FATHER AND I WANT TO GET AS FAR AWAY AS I CAN FROM THEM. I DON'T WANT TO BE NEAR THEM AT ALL. I DON'T NEED SOMEONE IN MY LIFE THAT DOES THAT TO ME. HE WILL NEVER SEE THAT HE EMOTIONALLY HURT ME.... NEVER.
So what good is it to tell the truth? What good will it do to point something out to someone that they are emotionally abusing me just to hurt me and punish me like my father did? I'll tell what good it will do. IT WON'T DO A DAMN THING. I tried and he turned the situation back on me. He REFUSED to admit that he emotionally abused me. They admit that they did in fact threaten to do things but didn't. They did acknowledge that. But when I tried to tell him that it was a form of Emotional Abuse, he attacked me verbally again.
So what good does it do to tell the truth to someone that doesn't want to see something they are doing as wrong? SIMPLE. IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD AND IT NEVER WILL.
**Author's Note: Husband later apologized for the whole incident and saw the damage he did and told me he would do his very best not to do that again.**