How to convince get help for the sake of our relationship?

Am a 20 yr old girl and my girlfriend is 42 ,I posted a question 2 days ago explaining how my girlfriend hit me after verbally insulting her mom and getting in a fight w/ her afterward, and I said that am willing to call it a one time incident if she promises me not to lay a hand on me again. However she talked to me today and didn’t really apologize or promise anything,on the contrary she told me how my behavior embarrassed her and how I was being insensitive not caring bout her image in front of her old parents 60+, and just when I told her that she physically abused me .she told me that what goes up must come down ! and that I verbally abused her “defenseless” mom so I got what I was asking for :S. and that if I act like a brat I get treated like one, I told her how I cant tolerate physical abuse and she told me to “get over it , its not like I slapped your face or broke your nose”. she is acting like am making a big deal of it and that I should be sorry for what I did , and so I honestly didn’t feel like she understands just how much what she did was wrong she doesn’t even consider it abuse. my question is ; do you by any chance get her point and think she is right ? and also same old question how on earth am I to make her promise me not to do that again.and get help to control her temper?, this is serious. thanks.

Answer #1

Well…just remind her that she’s your partner and lover, not your mother. Make sure she realizes that you ARE equals, even if experience, age, and most likely maturity is significantly different. Also remind her that a woman hitting a man IS the same as a man hitting the woman, according to the law. Well, that last one is for you to decide. Might give off the wrong message.

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