It is verbal abuse. “If you were not willing to put up with just any treatment to stay in the relationship, then you never cared about this person in the first place.” That is so amazingly fatuous, but never mind.
I do always notice that if you translate what academics say about the profession to what people say about dating and marriage, you can find out exactly what the paradigm and dynamic are, and where the flaws lie.
#OccupyHE
Axé.