That brings back memories from high school... Let's see, we had The Olive (olive-skinned CK model look-alike), Ferengi Boy, Duck, Turnip... I've forgotten the others. We were rather silly. :)

Thanks for sharing that! I don't usually follow links from comments, but I'm glad I made an exception this time. I've been reluctant to date due to my intense PTSD, so that piece really hit home for me.

Yes, thank you. Also, the scratch on his nose looks like the kind of wound I would expect if a person was fighting back while being strangled. From what I understand, police are trained to recognize such marks as wounds from the victim defending themselves in such cases.

When my father tried to strangle my mother in front of me, he ended up with scratches on his face from her attempt to get him off of her. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the scratch on his nose.

You're not alone. I cringed several times while reading this, for all of the reasons you mentioned, as well as because of the ridiculous generalizations.

So, did you deliberately post a misogynistic comment, or are you really that obtuse??

Ooh! Ooh! I can help! (Something I could not have said at all just a few weeks ago.)

Whoops! My initial comment, which I am replacing with this text, was meant for the commenter above... what I meant to write to you was.......

Yeah, I figured that out after posting my snarky reply and then seeing his/her numerous other obnoxious comments.

I'm glad I said something! Tone is a tricky thing online. I generally interpret cursing that isn't obviously meant as humor or clearly directed at someone/thing else as hostility, hence the original impression.

I'm sorry about your father. My father also beat us kids, including strangling me a few times. My mom sometimes tried to stop him, but other times she joined it. The constant death threats didn't fully hit me as real until after I moved out at 18.... It's awful that we had to grow up that way.

Thank you so much for that unique and enlightening insight. We had NO IDEA that there were trolls lurking around here, much less from whence they may have come. *eyeroll*

Yes, I was brought to tears yet again when I read the latest about the cricket bat this morning. That poor girl. Having had an abusive ex who threatened me with a gun during an argument, I can all too easily imagine things escalating in a similar manner, and how absolutely terrifying that would be. I can only hope…

His family *and* at least one ex-girlfriend who, apropos of nothing, piped up on social media to tell the world that she knows him and there's absolutely no way he murdered her. Never mind all of the evidence to the contrary! These people are all experts on human psychology and domestic violence, and they JUST KNOW…

Yep. This is a great example of why walking away the first time a partner turns violent is hardly as simple as SOME people like to believe.

I'm so sorry you went through that, and I'm glad that you were ultimately able to get out.

Um, easy there. I agree that language like "domestic incidents" erases domestic violence, but since no DETAILS have been divulged by the authorities about those particular instances, I'm using their language - for all we know, neighbors called about loud arguing, which I recognize signals a high likelihood of DV, but…

2. I now live in a safe space of my own.

Hooray!!! :)

If you don't understand how treating a woman like property is misogynistic, or how a history of reckless and violent behavior might make a person more likely to be prone to other forms of violence such as domestic violence, you're daft to the point where writing this comment is probably a waste of my time.