Formerly known as the Ten to Ten Helpline—same project, same people, new look and new name
A Call For Change is a free, anonymous, and confidential intimate partner abuse prevention helpline.
Question: I have been in recovery for twenty years and even though I have been sober all this time, I never got it together with my ex. I was still a scary abusive jerk. I am divorced now, but I have four children, some are teenagers and some are in their early twenties. I was abusive to them as they grew up. I would put them down and I was physically abusive to them, too.
Pregunta: Mi pareja siempre está en el teléfono. Siempre está hablando, mandando mensajes, en IG, Tik Tok, lo que sea. Empecé a preguntarme si había alguien más, así que revisé su teléfono cuando lo dejó a la vista. No había nada allí. Ahora mi hermano me está haciendo pasar un mal rato, diciendo que estuvo mal revisar su teléfono, pero me siento mucho mejor y sé que he estado mucho más tranquilo con ella desde que revisé su teléfono. Así que, en realidad, ¿no fue bueno para nuestra relación, a grandes rasgos, si sabes lo que quiero decir?
Question: My partner is always on the phone. She’s always talking, texting, on IG, Tik Tok, whatever. I started to wonder if there was someone else, so I went through her phone when she left it out where I can see it. There was nothing there. Now my brother is giving me a hard time about it, saying it was wrong to go through her phone, but I feel a lot better and I know I’ve been much more chill with her since I took a look.
Pregunta: Mi hermano dice “que tiene el derecho” todo el tiempo cuando intento hablar con él sobre cómo trata a su novia. Dice “que tiene el derecho” a decidir en qué gastan el dinero, que puede decidir que es ella la que siempre debe cuidar a los niños, que ella debe preparar la cena y que él debe tener el derecho de poder salir con sus amigos cuando quiera porque él es quien realiza el trabajo “de verdad”.
Question: My brother says, “He has the right,” all the time when I try to talk to him about how he treats his girlfriend. He says he “has the right” to decide what they spend money on, that he gets to decide that she should always take care of the kids, that she should make dinner and that he should be able to hang out with his friends when he wants to because he does “real” work.
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