My husband (26) choked me (f26) in a play fight. Please help!

I don't understand all these people that are calling him abusive. He is obviously not abusive and he was just playing around and got a bit rough.

Did you at any point tell him it was hurting you? Because from what you said you guys were play fighting then you got hurt but you didn't tell him and just tried to go on to the floor which may look to him like you're trying to get free. If you had told him I'm sure he would have let go but you can't really blame the guy if you don't use a safe word of some sort to say hey this is too much. You have to remember, guys do this with each other all the time. Being a chick who likes to play fight makes him think he can do that with you too. While he has boundaries and knows not to go too far he also relies on you to communicate when enough is enough and he can't do that if you just keep quiet.

All the people that are saying this is not right do not play fight with their partners. They do not understand what happens. My boyfriend and I do all the time. He's hurt me before. I've accidentally punched him in the face before. But that isn't considered abuse. Because I'm a girl and he's a guy and suddenly it's okay.

However, he does need to apologise for hurting you. Has he yet? Maybe try by telling him "hey I know I should have communicated better with you that I wasn't happy and I'm sorry for that but I would also like an apology and maybe a neck massage from you to make it all better" don't be too defensive because if you're defensive and coming across angry he will as well. So try to talk it out and it helps if you admit fault because then it shows him you're being neutral and want to work towards a resolution.

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