Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
part of the way of preventively dealing with abuse is for you to be sure to protect yourself first by not rushing into a relationship without taking a long time to build trust.
But that's exactly what abusers do. That's the text-book method of operation. It's even there in the news article and was part of the guy's modus operandi. The only way to prevent that is never to enter a relationship with anyone ever.

I just really want to entreat people to protect themselves.
Most often, by the time you realize you're in an abusive relationship it's far too late for that. Again, it's part of how those people operate and why it's so hard to break away from those situations.