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She is working on getting out. It just takes time.
Yes, it does. Especially if one is with a control freak. They make it so you have no family or friends to turn to for help, they make it impossible for you to work and have your own money, and in many cases they make it so you can not even leave the house (by making sure you have no car).
So, you end up stuck.
I've been there and it does take time to get out. It took me probably 5 years to finally pull myself up by my boot straps and get out.
It's very difficult, but not impossible.
The hardest part is learning to believe in yourself again, and believing that you can do make it. They make you feel like you can not.
For people that don't understand how these people work, and how you can fall into this pit, it's hard to make them understand.
Mine treated me like a princess, bought me anything, took me out all the time, made sure I had everything I needed and only wanted me to take care of the house and my daughter (such a sweetie right?). Well, that unknowing to me was just the beginning of becoming "controlled".
Years later, when things began to go South, I suddenly found myself in a bad relationship with no way out.