The presence of love does not indicate an absence of abuse.
A lot of advice people like to share is that an abuser doesn't actually love you or care about your well-being.
While this is true in many cases, there are also people who look at their relationship and they see that they are loved, and they think they can't be suffering abuse.
Yes; it is absolutely possible that the abuser does genuinely love you. But you know what? It doesn't matter. They still hurt you. All the love in the world does not negate the fact that they repeatedly abused you. It doesn't erase the trauma. It doesn't fix the damage they caused.
Just because they might love you, that doesn't grant them permission to hurt you. The presence of love does not negate the abuse suffered. Just because they love you, that doesn't mean you are obligated to forgive them, and you are absolutely still entitled to your anger for what they've done. It doesn't matter that they loved you. They hurt you, and you owe them nothing.
