[Haze]

I'm in a relationship that's lasted almost two years... At the beginning, everything was just perfect. You know, the sweet innocence between a new, young couple. That lasted about a year, and then all of a sudden something changed. We get into a lot of fights. At first I thought, all couples do this, it's not just me. It slowly started to turn violent. He (yes another male) would use my words against me, yell, and call me crude names such as "Selfish jackass" or "dumbass" whenever I'd ask a question. It's hurtful, but after the fights we'd make up simple and easy.

Lately, meaning for the past six months, it's been harder to make things up with him. He gets pissed off so easily and stays upset for longer than two days. He goes as far as telling me I don't deserve anything from him anymore, when it's usually him that grabs anything to make a big deal out of. I'm not the type to pick a fight for nothing. And an example of how bad he is with it, yesterday we were talking on msn and he was showing me some art of his. I wanted to show him some of mine so I posted a few pieces. Noticing photoshare didn't load, I closed out and tried reopening. But on his side, it didn't reopen at all. He threw a fit towards me, saying I threw a tantrum because "I think his arts better than mine". Which... I wouldn't throw a fit over that. Seriously. Last night, he got so hurtful with his words and tones, I wanted to end it.

But when I tried, I raised my voice because he wouldn't listen to me. And all of a sudden he's in tears because I rose my voice, and left a huge guilt trip on me.

I honestly don't know what to do. I love him, I really do, I don't want to break up with him. But if I stay with him, things will only get worse. Any advice for this miserable soul?

[[Sorry this was so long.. and sorry if I posted in the wrong area.]]