Never dismiss Domestic Abuse!!

[polly7]

5. +1000. Fuck them. I'm sorry. :(

I remember going to work at the bank one day with an obviously broken nose, black eyes and face bruised and swollen and my loans officer kept walking by, staring. He said I've never seen anyone beat up this bad ...... but never once questioned my excuse for that one - hitting the handlebars of the ski-doo trying to miss a deer. Maybe my excuse was just that good. But when it keeps happening, you'd think people would eventually question and dare to become involved. We rented a farm and were isolated, I knew no-one, was at a new job, was 17 and stupid. I swear, if I had a daughter and knew what was happening, I'd be in jail for murder. At the time, my Dad never had an inkling as we lived a province away and I was too ashamed and afraid to say anything. I was also afraid he would be hurt when he did find out and do something. It's an insidious form of control, and some are very, very good at making the most of it.