Re: Re: Why didn't she leave?
 

Sorry to hear about your aunt. I don't think anyone is saying that her life would have been spared had she left. But I think she would have had a better chance of living than staying with him and passively waiting to die. At least she would have ATTEMPTED to preserve her life.

^^^ Actually I have worked in the domestic/sexual violence field before and the chance that you'll be murdered after leaving goes up 85%

Re: Re: Re: Why didn't she leave?
 

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Dude may have had her financially strapped or threatened her with hurting her children if she left...

So she stuck it out to ensure their lives. She'd take the brunt of his anger 'cuz maybe she wasn't necessarily afraid of it, more that she could tolerate it and knew that her kids could not.

Kinna like when the father's a sexual child abuser and molests his 3 year old daughter till she's outta the house and the mother knows all about it and does nothing to stop it...

We will never know what goes on in the mind of the criminally insane...

This situation is sad :(

I volunteer at a restraining order clinic. I hear stories week after week from women who are victims of domestic violence. I interviewed a woman tonight who remained married for 17 years and endured physical and verbal abuse. I never ask why they don't leave. It takes a strong person to get the courage to leave. She did say that she just didn't have the strength to and if he were allowed to come back into the home, she would not be able to proceed with the divorce filing because he would just break her down again.

That is so sad. They've been together so long that her husband knows exactly what to say to manipulate her. :(

what a stupid post.


quit being sensitive.