Posted by Strictly Skewed at 206.165.115.194 on February 25, 2004 at 12:20:19:
In Reply to: If this were a sitcom posted by AshFan on February 25, 2004 at 12:02:37:
: : And, I'm sorry, I sincerely hope I'm misunderstanding you, but I am incredibly offended by something.
: : You have total sympathy for your father leaving your mother, but for some reason you can say that my mother abandoned my father? To me this is hurtful hypocrisy.
: Your mom would have left your father, and moved in with the therapist (a marraige therapist recomending abandonment?!).
First of all, never said marriage therapist. This was almost 20 years ago. Did they even exist then?
Secondly, it happens every day, in every city. This was not my exact situation, but have you thought about spouses that are habitually physically abusive to their partners? What advice do they get? GET OUT, and take your children with you. God... I seriously want you to go up to some woman who has suffered at her husband's hands, and tell her... "You know, this is your fault, too."
And is there some reason why you didn't answer my question to you? Why can you have sympathy for your father, and yet my mother 'abandoned' my father?