I don't believe a word she says but my mum and dad were in a mutually abusive relationship for 14 years. They had 4 kids together my mum kicked him out every couple of months or so then he would be back again. There was even a 7 yr age gap between my two youngest sisters. We even moved to a new area to a council house and he found us and moved back in. They were both abusing drink and alcohol, both cheating on each other, it was just chaos but somehow 4 kids were in the middle of it. Just trying to say that people can get into cycles of abuse that lasts years and it makes no sense whatsoever. Neither of them were capable to call it a day and move on. They didnt love each other and hate one another to this day. It was so toxic, two damaged people stuck in a rut. Both in their late 50s now both alcoholics and still taking drugs. Baffles me. I'm just glad the cycle of childhood trauma stops with me. I'm doing my best for my 3 kids and its actually made me super aware of how I parent them.