Sure that's happened, and the emotional bond shared there isn't love.

"The alcohol concentration will murder any unfriendly germs..."

My house is wood and some siding. Windows, too, but I open them before I throw stones, so I'm OK.

oh, no, my fee-fees, slain by your rapier wit

My base is fact. It couldn't be more solid and I'm not trying to establish myself as anything. I'm simply stating fact.

Not everyone who disagrees with you is a troll.

And some people are pushovers.

I wish people would have remembered that this is who Anonymous is back when everybody was circlejerking about them being freedom fighters disseminating information the government would seek to keep from the citizens, etc.

"More violence is meted out on people that are allegedly loved by the ones purporting the violence, than on people someone "hates."

He went the rest of his life without another abusive incident that you know of. And considering your poor grandmother considered it such a normal thing that "everyone" does/did, she wouldn't have been the type to talk about it.

When did I ever say I never had a disagreement that led to harsh words?

I'd say anything over the age of 8 is a bad sign.

Incorrect. I can only assume you're speaking of kids punching each other and/or spanking/other forms of corporal punishment.

The fact that you see physical abuse as normal because you're a victim explains a LOT.

Yes, who he is played no role at all. Totally normal.

LOL if you think I would have gotten a conditional discharge if I was caught on tape beating the fuck out of my wife, but OK.

I'm glad you were able to copy and paste a dictionary definition, but in the modern vernacular, "mistake" carries with it a connotation that whatever action one took that was a "mistake" was an anomaly. Something they did that is completely out of line with their character and history and/or something done in the…

No, he struck her with force with the intent of injuring or incapacitating her. That's cold-blooded. Cold-blooded doesn't have to be premeditated.

Nope, I'm OK with it. Sorry you feel that way.

I actually can claim to be innocent of all of those things short of disappointing her once or twice, but as someone else pointed out, you can do your best with the best of intentions, fall short and, well, shit happens.