My boyfriend, 28M, screams and calls me, 25F, names when he gets mad. Do I leave?
The last few weeks have been like pulling teeth with many nights ending in him screaming at the top of his lungs. However, to save time, I will focus on two nights ago specifically.
The last few weeks, I observed that my boyfriend started speaking to me less and less. He'd disappear and not say a word, and when he finally would make an appearance, he'd say "I just didn't feel like talking to anyone" -- however he would go out on said days and nights of disappearance with his friends (who are mostly all females). I genuinely don't ask for much -- just for some quality time and communication.
SO, I decided to try and bring up my feelings... again... which resulted in him getting angry... again. He ended up screaming at the top of his lungs, calling me an "ungrateful b**ch", "ungrateful as*", "b**ch", told me to "go f**k" myself three times. He complained that I never speak or say what's on my mind -- meanwhile when I do try to speak, he literally tells me to "shut the f**ck up" and to "not cut him off while he's speaking". He proceeded to scream for about half an hour. Comparing me to his ex, saying I am just like her, ungrateful and can't do anything right. Comparing me to his parents, saying that I only love him when it is convenient for me.
When I told him to never tell me to go f**k myself ever again, and to not speak to me like that, and calmly asked him to stop screaming at me, he laughed and then told me to go f**k myself again. He proceeded to say "If you're so ungrateful, why are you here? what do you want from me?" So i asked him "NO, if you think I am so ungrateful and that I don't love you, why are YOU here?" I explained that he can leave if he is so unhappy and so angry with me to the point of screaming... he then said "I told you from the beginning, I'm not leaving. It will be you that does the leaving". The argument ended with him saying he loves me and he hopes i know that.
NOW, heres the thing. I DO love him. I genuinely do. And I want to...or wanted too.. marry him. But I never expected those words or that tone from him. I chalked it up to him being stressed the first time, and the second time, I chalked it up to me being too much. But this time, he truly said some hurtful things and I'm not sure I will ever be able to forget it. He has not apologized for anything and has gone on to live life like nothing ever happened.
I am at a genuine crossroad. Do I leave or is there a way to fix this?