Domestic Violence and how to prevent it
My grandmother on my mum's side had an effective way to ensure that her husband never hit her.

While his childhood had been in itself creepy - an example was his father trying to throw him as a toddler into a large bonfire on the basis that he believed that he wasn't the father - she dealt with any attempts of domestic violence quite simply.

On their wedding night (oo-er) she turned to him and said, apparently in a normal tone of voice and said:
"If you ever lay a finger on me in anger, I will stab you through the chest when you sleep. It might be that night, it might be a week, or twenty years afterwards, but I will kill you as soon as you sleep."

It worked. They were happily married for a good 40 years.
(Sir Thomas Bent is performing unspeakable acts with the Mace, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 14:03, 11 replies)

How romantic
The flip side of this is that if a fight did break out he'd have no option but to try and kill her first.
( evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 14:12, closed)

This implies he was a very voilent man and would have happily hit her otherwise.
Was he?
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 14:40, closed)

How lovely
to discuss violence and murder towards each other on your wedding day.
( TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 15:09, closed)

Quite.

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 15:53, closed)

You seem to be assuming that this was the only thing that prevented any violence,
rather than the more plausible explanation that domestic violence, while admittedly not rare enough, is a long way from being common. It's just possible that your grandfather was simply a minimally-decent person.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 15:55, closed)

happily?

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:16, closed)

Reminds me of a colleague.
Who loved to tell of the morning he woke up after yet another late night on the piss to find his wife stabbing him in the shoulder with a potato peeler.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:31, closed)

Did they let the mentally subnormal marry back then?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:36, closed)

I think it's nice to know where you stand at the start of relationship.

( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:43, closed)

Next to another retard in front of a congregation of retards.
Most of whom share the same grandparents.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 12:14, closed)

They were quite happily married; they were, however, both rather direct with what they said.

Still, that entire side of the family are complete loonies with about three exceptions, so while it's sort of creepy, it's expected.
(Sir Thomas Bent is performing unspeakable acts with the Mace, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 23:59, closed)