Hey - I can't help it you didn't understand a post! Just trying to help.
The abusive thing doesn't surprise me, either. I'm telling you, sometimes you go so far down the trashy train that drug abuse, teen pregnancy, shotgun weddings, and abusive relationships are almost unavoidable.
But, of course, I don't live in Wasilla. I can only compare what it sounds like to what I've seen in my travels.