Well I think thats terrible thing to say and prejudice against all the other threads, imagine how long it takes some ppl to decide what depraved question to ask or poll to put up, shame on you
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You are so right Snuggs,has been to long since there wasa thread where we simply laughed with each other.
There is the arguement that violence is never the answer. And I think the OP has tormented herself enough about this. Yes if the story was reversed and a man posted that a woman 'drove him to it' and he slapped her there would be an outcry that we would hear from behind our screens. It is the cry of many an abusive man acoss the world, 'sorry but you drove me to it' was one I heard many times from my ex after a beating.
But from the op's point of view her ex had mentally abused her and hurt her as much as if he had physically abused her, her lashing out was no more inappropriate than his behaviour towards her.
I retaliated once, when my ex was dragging me across the kitchen by my throat as my son watched, I grabbed a pot and hit him until he let me go, it was the only time I did retaliate and it marked the end of our relationship as I grew stronger after it.
So yes, violence is wrong but his words were to the op every bit as hurtful and violent as if he had struck her and to my mind she was defending herself.
vonney Forum Posts (6,371)
RE: You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
I just love that sentence, thank you for it, has given me something to think about.