Natasha

Natasha and I shared happy carefree days as young girls. Then we grew up, got married and went our separate ways. Years later we connected again. We used to call and Whatsapp each other. She told me that her husband is suspicious by nature. She is not allowed to talk to anyone. As newlyweds on a visit to her parents' home, a boy living in the same building while passing by said "Hi" to her. She smiled back. That day her husband fought with her. He wanted to know how long the affair had been on. Good girls don't talk to other boys/men. 

She is in her late forties now. Nothing much has changed. He doesn't want her to have any friends, including women. She is not allowed to talk to her family. If she says anything he hits his head on the wall hurting himself. Small mercy that so far he hasn't hit her.

They have a son. A college-going boy. I don't know how that boy sees the marriage. Maybe it's a "normal" for him. Maybe not. 

Her parents worry about her. At a certain point of the relationship she had considered leaving her husband. She couldn't. She worried about her son. 

This story is quite common in our country. The man's behavior will be called possessiveness or even love. Only the ways in which the man reacts may differ. Either he hits himself or he hits his wife. Even if he hits his wife it is approved by our society. They will live "happily" ever after.