| "Mrs. Smith your daughter is crazy and lucky to be | | | | relationships and generally starts very early in the |
| with a guy like me!" Have you ever, or in your | | | | relationship. This is emotional abuse as it makes the |
| current relationship, had your partner call your parents | | | | victim feel like they are worthless, and has potentially |
| or close friends to complain about you? Were you | | | | disastrous consequences, as their family and friends |
| upset and frustrated to say the least? If you | | | | MAY believe what is being said. Hopefully not, but |
| answered yes, you were a victim of triangulation and | | | | you never know as abusive partners can be very |
| domestic violence. | | | | manipulative and persuasive. |
| To define triangulation, is to state that an abusive | | | | If you have a partner that is doing this, or has done |
| partner contacts family members and close friends of | | | | this in the past, be aware of the red flags of an |
| his/her partner to complain about them and make | | | | abuser and determine if this is the right relationship |
| them look bad. The abuser is trying to turn everyone | | | | for you. Being abused in anyway is not in YOUR best |
| against their partner and to make their partner look | | | | interest and you should not stick around to allow |
| like the problem and obviously to make themselves | | | | more of it to happen. Be aware of this term and |
| look good! This is what abusers do; make their | | | | watch for this to occur, this is an early sign of an |
| partner look crazy and lucky to be with them. | | | | abuser. |
| This technique is very common within abusive | | | | |