IS IT BETTER TO LIVE IN SEPERATE HOMES?
Oh honey, please leave this relationship and DO NOT give yourself any reason to go back nor communicate with him for ANYTHING.
Honey, any man who hits a woman is not safe to be with.
Let me share this also...
Most older men are very possessive. They feel 'entitled', especially when they are with a much younger woman. They realize their 'boys' are numbered (boys meaning 'active parts') and they are just mean and nasty.
It's one of the reasons I don't date older men.
They've been here on earth too long and they have 'crusty' attitudes from past experiences of being dusted; they are too set in their old ways.
And if they don't have enough money, they have mean-ness to make up the difference. I'm not their property and I refuse to be. (Yes, when I was in college I was involved with an older man and even up to now, I have been propositioned by them...but not for me). I am a woman deserving of love, respect and tenderness and nothing less. So Are You much deserving of such...much better.
Baby, get out of that relationship and get out now. Pack your bags while he's out and do not tell him when nor where you are. It's none of his business. It's your safety and your life. How dare he touch you in a harmful manner!
It's not what you are created to be. If he's not man enough to treat you right, then he does not deserve you.
Leave. Alert the police that you are leaving an abusive relationship and have a restraining order placed against him. Change jobs, leave town, just do what you have to do to be safe and don't ever go back.
Many people here care about you and will be praying for you. There are agencies that should be able to assist you in 'hiding' out from him until you can make safely on your own.
Leave this man, honey and live the good life that God has better for you. Okay?
God bless you precious one.