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So, some women like ‘bad boys’. I know some like that.

My mom was a stay-at-home mom when we were little. Dad was verbally abusive but not physical (with her). He was with us. Still, when I got older, I asked her why she stayed. She said, “I have five kids”. Back then it wasn’t as common for women to work outside the home. Mom didn’t even learn to drive until she had to start taking us to school on days we couldn’t walk. Most didn’t have any skills except for raising kids. In a lot of ways, it was a better, more natural, way of life and better for the kids, as long as it wasn’t an abusive relationship. After we were grown, Mom did work outside the home. She eventually admitted to me that even though Dad never hit her, she was afraid of him. I decided early on that I wouldn’t live in that type of environment, but I can understand why women in the 50’s and 60’s did.