tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post8709122479093098550..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: You Deserve Better (National Domestic Violence Awareness Month)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-90325357667050426352019-10-16T10:52:22.660-05:002019-10-16T10:52:22.660-05:00Hugs to you and all abuse victims. I'm glad yo...Hugs to you and all abuse victims. I'm glad you got free and found Hubs!<br /><br />(The blog reader *finally* let me in again. I may be an intermittent visitor until they get their act together.)Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-84059813181719690422019-10-15T07:59:35.200-05:002019-10-15T07:59:35.200-05:00::HUGS:: You were brave to get out. And braver sti...::HUGS:: You were brave to get out. And braver still to take a chance on a new man. Luck smiled on you when she put Hubs in your path. I had an abusive boyfriend who was also an alcoholic. He tried to control me emotionally and when those particular subtleties didn't work, he got mad one night and threw his shoe at me. Then he tried to take me down to the floor. He forgot that one of my part-time jobs (I lived in Colorado and had three part-time jobs to supplement my day job so I could afford to live there as a single woman) was with CSPD Community Serives, teaching self defense to women. I also had a weapon. I got away from him, got to my bedroom and grabbed my .357. It was big, stainless steel, and when he stared down the barrel of it, he took a moment to reflect. Which gave me time to call police dispatch. I held that pistol on him for 4 minutes and 38 seconds. I remember the exact time to this day because if he so much as twitched, I was pulling the trigger. The two cops who showed at my door were friends. (I ended up dating, though not seriously, one of them later.) The now ex-boyfriend wasn't arrested. I would have pressed charges but the guys beat the crap out of him. Two weeks later, he was dating someone new and two months later, they moved to Houston. <br /><br />Hang in there with the PTSD. It's a bitch. But Hubs is one to ride the river with and life is sweet for you now.Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com