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Ugly In The Morning posted:Domestic violence and emotional abuse can easily turn your life into a nightmare. I’m a straight white cis male and I ended up on the receiving end of some truly awful, block out your Wednesday for your partner to scream about wanting to kill herself type stuff for months a while back. I'm sorry you had to deal with that, Ugly. And you too, Fleta, and... poo poo, anyone who's had to deal with an abusive partner/family member. I've had a few in my life. Much as I've been kvetching about my current lovely situation, I have a husband who genuinely loves and supports me, warts and all, and I wouldn't trade that for all the money and Buick Grand Nationals in the world. Ugly, your post made me want to comment because it's important for people to know that emotional abuse is every bit as damaging --- if not more so, and I know that's a somewhat spicy take --- as physical abuse. Bruises heal, bones mend, but healing a damaged mind is a helluva lot trickier, messy, and with longer-lasting effects. And it's so much easier for the abuser to get away with it when people aren't asking "hey, where'd you get that black eye?" No one sees how wrecked your neural pathways gets in situations like that. When I heard the poo poo about Lowtax beating women, I felt disgusted. When I watched Logan's FB apology video, I felt nauseous and confused. When it came out that he, the abuser, coerced her into making that video, I literally puked into the wastebasket next to my desk. Because I've been that woman, the woman so scared of being alone, so broken, that she would make a loving FB post apologizing for coming forward, still so enthralled by her manipulative abuser... ugh, I'm feeling queasy again. I don't know wtf my point is except: not all abuse is visible. And as Ugly pointed out, it happens to menfolk as well. My husband has some horror stories about women he dated before we met, and I can sometimes still see the damage they left him with. And it pains me. Be good to each other. Be good to yourself. And my PMs are always open. Also, sounds like Burt could use a cold bowl of dicks for breakfast. JacquelineDempsey fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Jun 26, 2020 |
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Went to check out Burt's pathetic half-assed apology and saw he's currently eating a 1 day probation. Reason? "Placeholder" I smell a ban hammer a-comin'... (thanks Barudak)
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