[Smokin' Joe]

States picked up on the loophole, and now most states include within their definitions of abuse, actions like making your partner “annoyed” or “distressed.”

Squeezing the toothpaste in the middle of the tube will likely qualify...and people wonder why guys aren't interested in getting married nowadays.

[ChinaThreat]

“Squeezing the toothpaste in the middle of the tube will likely qualify...and people wonder why guys aren’t interested in getting married nowadays. “

Thanks for the laugh. Its a horrible truth however.

[Boogieman]

Exactly. I won’t marry a woman in America until the laws are fixed, so that means probably never. The only problem is, eschewing marriage alone doesn’t protect you from this, since the VAWA can be applied to you if you are dating a woman, or even if you have no relationship at all with the woman but she claims you do. Not to mention, palimony and other things are still applied by judges outside of marital situations as well.