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Amen.
And vice versa.Sometimes the hardest reality a woman has to face is that the man she's with *isn't* reformable. .
Her: "Yes. I know. But…look…I don't have a job and me and the kids...well...we've got no where else to go and...well...he's not THAT bad of a man…when he’s sober. Can you please just dismiss the charges and let us go home? He needs to work and we need the money."
Her: "Yes. I know. But…look…I don't have a job and me and the kids...well...we've got nowhere else to go ... He needs to work and we need the money."
Oh yes ... we've advanced soooo far from a hundred years ago, when this sort of statement would have been expected.
Then there's always the Lorena Bobbitt approach.
The lesson that doesn't get learned is that if you want a thoroughbred, you can't start out with a jackass.
What really perplexes me are women who have been in more than one abusive relationship. I realize that people sometimes make bad choices in life but you would think that one would in the very least have learned something from that experience. Especially one so painful both physically and emotionally!
Might as well become a nun instead. (Preferably a singing one.)
That's why I like cats and not dogs. Dogs love everybody, with a cat you have to earn it.
...There must be some other relationship lessons to be learned from felines, too...
Daycare in High School!?:eeek::eusa_doh:
Me: "Ms Smith, I've reviewed the file in your case. The officer writes that, last Monday night, your (significant other) slapped you, ripped your blouse off of you, held a knife to your throat and then dumped all your clothes onto the bedroom floor. Then the officer writes that your (significant other) urinated on your clothes."
Her: "Yes...that's right."
Me: "Well, I couldn't help but notice that you and your (significant other) were sitting together in court this morning...and that you were holding hands."
Her: "Yes. He's changed. He's quit drinking and we're in counseling now and I think we're gonna be OK. I want you to dismiss his charges….please."
Me: "But the file says that we dismissed serious assault charges on him just six months ago...and you were the victim then, too."
Her: "Yes. I know. But…look…I don't have a job and me and the kids...well...we've got no where else to go and...well...he's not THAT bad of a man…when he’s sober. Can you please just dismiss the charges and let us go home? He needs to work and we need the money."
AF
BTW, you're doing well if you get respect from the cat.... hells, anything more than open contempt is a bonus! That's why I like cats and not dogs. Dogs love everybody, with a cat you have to earn it.
What really perplexes me are women who have been in more than one abusive relationship. I realize that people sometimes make bad choices in life but you would think that one would in the very least have learned something from that experience. Especially one so painful both physically and emotionally!