Failing to see the difference between playfulness (or similar) and abuse can be annoying at best and disastrous at worst. This can take two forms: * Type A: Something not abusive is mistaken for abuse. * Type B: Something actually abusive is mistaken for something that doesn't need worrying about. In both cases, someone is likely to suffer because of the mistake. Warning! Expect unmarked spoilers, since this trope is about situations being revealed to be different than what they looked like. Examples of Abuse Mistake include: