“He was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. In public, he was so different, and it was my word against his. Even when I paid our son attention, he was jealous. He had to be getting some kind of adoration from someone at all times'
However, as Fraser explains, this often makes it difficult to recognise abusive behaviour. “The tricky part with these kinds of people is because their tactics are covert, subtle changes are much harder to spot. The heat gets turned up so gradually that it’s hard to spot the danger until it’s too late.
. “Just three months into our relationship, he got my name tattooed and told me that I was so different from all of his crazy exes. So when I“To our friends and family, he was the doting husband and father of the year. When my friends would come round, he’d make a show of cleaning or he’d take our son out so that people would say, ‘You’ve got such a good one there.’” But in reality, Caroline says her partner was selfish, unsupportive and craved“He was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.