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CottonBear

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8. When I left my ex-husband, he threatened to kill me & my family.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 13, 2017, 03:41 AM

Sep 2017

Then, he immediately tried to do so by chasing me (I was driving away to escape) with his car and trying to crash into my car at speeds of over 60 mph.

After months of him stalking and terrorizing me, I was finally able to have him arrested and to take him to court and divorce him.

He'd verbally and physically abused me in the past but he went crazy with rage when I actually left.

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For US women, most dangerous ppl are not Muslims, immigrants, or refugees. It's their own husbands. [View all] CousinIT Sep 2017 OP

I hate this kind of conflation Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #1

?? What's not to understand? Duppers Sep 2017 #2

Most female homicide victims True_Blue Sep 2017 #4

Abusive men are 75% more likely to kill once a woman leaves Warpy Sep 2017 #6

When I left my ex-husband, he threatened to kill me & my family. CottonBear Sep 2017 #8

This isn't about you Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #16

Nine people died because a man saw a woman as his property DLevine Sep 2017 #17

That may very well be true, but that's not what the OP says Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #18

The title of the article that you didn't read is, Lars39 Sep 2017 #20

If a woman is murdered, more than 50% of the time it is at the hands of her husband DLevine Sep 2017 #21

No, it's about what most women have faced at one time or another Warpy Sep 2017 #23

Okay. So, why could it possibly matter kcr Sep 2017 #15

Women are far more likely to be killed by a husband or partner BainsBane Sep 2017 #26

It seems like it's very hard for you to hear that women are at greater danger from Squinch Sep 2017 #28

It's not conflation, it's a fact. we can do it Sep 2017 #30

in the USA it is acceptable to label women as bit++++ and H++ only worth of msongs Sep 2017 #3

... shenmue Sep 2017 #5

... Lyricalinklines Sep 2017 #7

Yeah most people are likely to be hurt or killed by somebody they know. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #9

Just another masculine honor killing. Nothing to see here. ck4829 Sep 2017 #10

Time to ban marriage. ileus Sep 2017 #11

Nah, time to recognize that domestic violence is a serious issue. nt DLevine Sep 2017 #13

Uh huh, yep. kcr Sep 2017 #14

K&R Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #12

+1 n/t CousinIT Sep 2017 #22

There is always someone ready to go "All Lives Matter" on a thread about women. nt. SaschaHM Sep 2017 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #19

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2017 #24

The biggest threat to a woman is a husband, boyfriend or male acquaintance with a gun Kaleva Sep 2017 #25

K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #29