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In reply to the discussion: Watched a sickening drama unfold at a local grocery store the other evening. [View all]RandomNumbers
(18,184 posts)101. She may have kids.
I am old(ish) now and still remember times as a child when I wished my mom would just leave instead of putting up with it. But of course she wouldn't just leave, that would have left the kids with him, and what would have happened to us? And what I didn't know then, but know now - she couldn't have even gotten a credit card in her own name in those days. I doubt there were any shelters then, or at least it would have been very hard to find or get to.
At least today there is some hope if a woman does find the avenue to escape. The "MAGA" forces would love to take those avenues and hope away.
And even without kids, as many others have pointed out, it is not so easy to escape an abusive relationship.
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Watched a sickening drama unfold at a local grocery store the other evening. [View all]
Midnight Writer
Oct 3
OP
All maga hate all Women...period. They hate them more when they cant control them.
Eliot Rosewater
Oct 3
#4
The American Oligarches are gonna trample men, but figure if men can abuse women, they won't see the root problem
Attilatheblond
Oct 3
#23
Know, dear sir, that there are women who have known you & your type, and appreciated you for that.
Attilatheblond
Oct 3
#31
I mean yes, but I just do not think this is a pat on the back not hitting loved ones.
LizBeth
Oct 4
#76
You are 100% correct! And did a VERY important think to help give a hand up for sisters we never met.
Attilatheblond
Oct 4
#68
You are a dear and worthy person and we all benefit from you sharing your experiences and lessons learned
Attilatheblond
Oct 5
#100
Mine too, he spent alot of money on alcohol, but I wasn't allowed to spend $20 on groceries
Clouds Passing
Oct 3
#13
This is why I like reading Reddit. People in these abusive situations are talked into / supported into leaving.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Oct 3
#16
How horrible. My father - who was pretty right wing - told me his father was this kind of guy, and thus my father...
NNadir
Oct 3
#20
The country needs to take domestic abuse more seriously. Law enforcement needs to take it more seriously.
Martin68
Oct 3
#21
I think men would be happier, too, if schools had SEL classes of some sort in grade school
lostnfound
Oct 3
#42
SEL is what we're supposed to learn in a good history class, social studies class, literature class, art class
Martin68
Oct 4
#83
How distressing. I'm glad the manager made the right call. No one should have to live (exist) in fear.
LoisB
Oct 3
#22
Just Saying: If a case came up on a docket, where a beaten wife finally did something in order..
chouchou
Oct 3
#24
To all of you who escaped, thank you for saying so. I had a roommate once who had escaped...
Hekate
Oct 3
#27
Trauma, secrets, lies, and neglect become transgenerational - add religious fundamentalism and authoritarianism,
Backseat Driver
Oct 4
#58
Way back before the Y2K stuff came along, I was on a "prepper" forum. I liked to read the stories members wrote, mostly.
mucholderthandirt
Oct 4
#56
Around 1980 I was working in PA town. A woman shoved a knife through her husbands chest and he, well, died.
twodogsbarking
Oct 4
#67