I left my husband of 4 and a half years after putting up with physical and emotional abuse (which started with him punching me on our honeymoon) and then deciding that I'd rather kill myself than live with him any longer. As a very staunch fundamentalist Christian (at the time) it was the very hardest decision I have ever made in my life.  I just knew that I didn't want to have children with him and make their lives hell too.  

My family were utterly devastated, and my parents and several siblings didn't speak to me for two years.  That all happened five years ago, and I'm slowly patching things up with my family, but it's taking a long time.  I'm no longer a christian - the idea of worshipping the God that my parents worship is repugnant to me.  Their religion meant that they turned their backs on me at a time when I desperately needed their love and support, and I don't know that I'll ever completely get over that.