Rappler's Life and Style section runs an advice column by couple Jeremy Baer and clinical psychologist Dr Margarita Holmes.
I went to the Philippines to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary but Jeff got so mad over slippers I wore, choking, hitting and threatening me with a knife. He stopped only when I called his parents while the fight is ongoing. I tried calling him but he doesn’t answer. According to our common friend, Jeff tells them he is fine ending our marriage; he has a lot of pagkukulang when we were together.
To simplify the issue, if you are married to a man who has already threatened you with a knife once and you believe he may do more than threaten in the future, common sense as well as psychology suggests that your survival requires you to leave him. Furthermore, if Jeff blames you for all his failures, he is certainly not ready to take responsibility for turning around his life and marriage.