I’m so sorry to hear you are going through this, I was in a very similar situation and I used to convince myself that it wasn’t that bad or that I had made it worse by arguing back. The truth was no matter what I did he continued to behave like that. And when he stopped getting the argument from it he got worse until he became physical. I suffered this in silence for several years. The only thing I would say is be careful and look after yourself and your children. From my experience men like this don’t change and often tend to get worse. I finally left the relationship last week… and even in that short space of time I have noticed a massive change in myself and my kids. Things can get better. Talk to women’s aid and see what advice and help they can give you. You can never have too much support in situations like these. Like I said earlier look after yourself xxx