To the OP: Lad, I am almost 50 years older than you. I have been through a lot of weird scenes with women in my time, probably more than most of the fellows here. One of my ex-wives blew herself up a couple months after our marriage ended, the second disappeared mysteriously shortly after our divorce became final, to give just a couple of examples. Heed the voice of wisdom and experience: If this young woman wants to get out her situation with her boyfriend, she'll do it, with or without you. Otherwise, just give the situation a wide berth, as so many others have said. It just spells "trouble" with a capital T. Moreover, you're 19, living at home, and going to college. You are in no position to be "rescuing" any woman, and rescuing is a foolish policy anyway. When you've got a full-time job and steady income, then is the time to be looking for a woman...if you absolutely must have one. ("Beware of what you want, you may get it" --that maxim never holds so true as when it applies to women, the foul-tempered creatures that they are.) With all that said, had the same situation arisen for me when I was 19, I'd no doubt have been as big or bigger a romantic fool than you seem to be. Good luck, whatever happens, I think you'll need it. On the practical side, if he does come after you, consider "improvised" weapons. A wine bottle makes a very effective mace, for example.
no homo
