Thanks guys :)
I'm a very happy, totally well adjusted individual these days.
(albeit a tad pervy, but thats another story ;) )
After that I adopted the 'One strike and you are out' attitude.
Works well :)
Plus after several years of experience working with military types I now know how to fell a twunt efficiently

Mum is finally divorcing that saddo, and after nearly 10 years without actually seeing each other in the flesh we are meeting soon along with other family members who I havnt seen for years, miles away, oh many miles away.
I hope there is a pile of leaves we can trundle through
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Fri 1 May 2009, 1:38, 1 reply)

Great for you! Keep it up.
It should however be one strike and they are out cold. There is never any excuse for that type of abuse. As I have two daughters, I am really glad to see that many women are fighting back (there are still a hell of a lot though who can't break free whether due to economic or emotional reasons).

We have always tried to instill this into our daughters and hopefully it has worked (and if I ever see any guy hit them I now whatever I end up doing will not be gentle).

Its also really good you will see you mother again. There are so many reasons why women are not able to leave an abuser. While she probably should have left years earlier, it may not have been possible for her.

(I'd like to show them your post but then they might see some of the more perverted things I've mentioned in some of my posts).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Fri 1 May 2009, 17:40, closed)