Special2No1 · 61-69, F
I think abuse can work both ways, it isn't just females who are the victims.I'm sorry you were a battered husband.
It is hard to recover from any abusive relationship, and when kids are involved it's worse.
I hope that she was made to pay for the injuries she inflicted on you, including your medical bills.
It is hard to recover from any abusive relationship, and when kids are involved it's worse.
I hope that she was made to pay for the injuries she inflicted on you, including your medical bills.
Picklebobble · 56-60, M
Thanks for the responses folks.
She went to jail! Where they say she received counselling!
Some years and several therapists later. She sent me a letter via her lawyer.
In it was some sort of apology and an explanation that just read like a list of excuses for her behaviour.
Maybe that's a little unfair.
I'm allowed to be unfair though. Right?
I did get custody of our children. And it was nearly two years before they saw her again.
But even THAT was a fight!
Try being a single dad trying to get custody of your own children!
That tests the patience of men more reasonable than I.
The children themselves these days are all grown up and parents themselves. All married to great partners. And in good careers.
So maybe I did something right.
She went to jail! Where they say she received counselling!
Some years and several therapists later. She sent me a letter via her lawyer.
In it was some sort of apology and an explanation that just read like a list of excuses for her behaviour.
Maybe that's a little unfair.
I'm allowed to be unfair though. Right?
I did get custody of our children. And it was nearly two years before they saw her again.
But even THAT was a fight!
Try being a single dad trying to get custody of your own children!
That tests the patience of men more reasonable than I.
The children themselves these days are all grown up and parents themselves. All married to great partners. And in good careers.
So maybe I did something right.
Primnproper · 56-60, F
I ran a women's refuge for 7 yrs and I can tell you the assaults on men are just as serious even more so, men use their fists they have power behind them, women use objects like knives, saucepan so the injuries to men can be that more severe..man or women the scars we carry are the same..
Sharon · F
Actually that's not true.
All the independent, peer reviewed academic studies of domestic abuse show that female on male abuse is at least as prevalent as male on female. Approximately 30% - 40% of domestic abuse related deaths are women killing a male partner.
I've been called a misogynist for saying that. :)
All the independent, peer reviewed academic studies of domestic abuse show that female on male abuse is at least as prevalent as male on female. Approximately 30% - 40% of domestic abuse related deaths are women killing a male partner.
I've been called a misogynist for saying that. :)
Picklebobble · 56-60, M
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