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Don't roam around the country with a man that's not your husband: a lesson of the Gabby Petito case
September 20, 2021 | me

Posted on 09/20/2021 8:02:05 PM PDT by karpov

A woman marries a man when she trusts him and expects to have a lifelong relationship with him (and vice versa). If a woman has not reached a level of trust and commitment with a man to make him her husband, she should also not roam around the country with him. When a young woman is murdered, it is often because she is leaving a boyfriend. She is especially at risk if she is far away from family and friends.

What I have written would have been considered common sense 60 years ago but is now attached as judgmental or victim-blaming. Well, I will give my daughter the same advice, to which she can listen or not, as an adult.

RIP, Gabby.


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KEYWORDS: beautyshoptalk; domesticviolence; gabby; gabbypetito; lookasquirrel; relationships; sewingcircle; vanity; women
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To: Prole

Correction: Marriage isn’t for the faint of heart.


41 posted on 09/20/2021 8:38:11 PM PDT by Prole ( )
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To: karpov

do not blame the victim here. bad man behaving badly.


42 posted on 09/20/2021 8:38:43 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: karpov

My mother was married to my father and they had five children together. He killed her when I was 3.


43 posted on 09/20/2021 8:38:46 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: Rebelbase

I’ve hitchhiked only once in the States, but got picked up in less than 5 minutes, in a heavy snowstorm when I really needed a lift.


44 posted on 09/20/2021 8:41:35 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: Brian Griffin

I’ve been giving this a lot of thought the past 3-4 days, and from what I have observed, I believe both Gabby and her fiance were emotionally immature and suffering from mental health issues. I won’t waste time here elaborating and will wait patiently to see what comes out.

Retardless of that, this whole thing makes me very sad. She appeared to be a sweet young woman. Such a pity.


45 posted on 09/20/2021 8:42:23 PM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: blackdog

“A car horn is not a doorbell!”
I know a couple of my neighboors who need to learn that lesson. Not that I’m going to be the one who enlightens them. I’ve found that the dumber the mistake is, the madder the offending party will get about being corrected.


46 posted on 09/20/2021 8:42:24 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: caww

“I offered a ride to a a young man and his aged mother dragging an open suitcase full of groceries during a winter storm.”

Ah, flashback for me to 5 or 6 years ago. An old man wearing dress suit and shoes was carrying several bags of groceries along the highway shoulder in a sloppy mess of melting snow.

I pulled over to offer a ride and he took one look at me and backed away fast shaking his head no.

It was then I realized I had on a skull and crossbones do-rag, reflector shades and my grayed out goatee was in its prime at 6”.

He wasn’t having anything to do with me.


47 posted on 09/20/2021 8:43:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase (The difference between animals and humans: animals would never let the dumbest of the herd lead them)
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To: gundog

When it involves lesbians, let’s call it a “crack-shoot.”


48 posted on 09/20/2021 8:43:36 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: Rebelbase

I would have hesitated too! LOL


49 posted on 09/20/2021 8:44:03 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: Romulus

I started hitchhiking when I was 12 years-old until I got a driver’s license then did it again for a year when I was in college and didn’t have a car.

Nothing memorable happened except the first time I ever did it the ride was from a Domino’s Pizza delivery guy smoking a joint.

The luckiest ride was a grocery store semi truck that picked me up within 5 minutes of sticking my thumb out and dropped me off at my exact destination.


50 posted on 09/20/2021 8:50:49 PM PDT by Rebelbase (The difference between animals and humans: animals would never let the dumbest of the herd lead them)
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To: Repeal The 17th
Remember when we used to pick-up hitch-hikers?

My friends and I were the hitch-hikers. We always considered that 3 guys together always seemed a safer bet for drivers than lone hitch-hikers. What are the odds of 3 psychopaths all travelling together at one time? We never had a problem getting rides.

51 posted on 09/20/2021 8:53:36 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: karpov

Some seniors have a phone or bracelet and necklace with a panic button on it.
Young ladies should ditto.


52 posted on 09/20/2021 8:56:21 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It was NYC.)
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To: caww

I was in a terrible snow storm a few years ago. My car slid off the road and there just happened to be a guardian angel with a large pickup truck who pulled me out of the snowbank.

He just left after I was out, so couldn’t even tell you his name

So to pay him back, I picked up two hitch-hikers whose car was stuck on the highway and were trying to walk home.


53 posted on 09/20/2021 9:01:00 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: karpov

There is a police body cam record of the couple being stopped for erratic driving. Both claimed they had a physical altercation(very mild). She claimed to be OCD and was anxious. She said he wanted her to calm down.
Cops arranged for each to stay separate that evening to calm down.
Seems like the two have personal issues which do not go well together. Great insight into genesis of domestic violence. People are assumed to be normal...but the truth may be quite different. Check out video. Very sad. She needed help and wandering around was not helpful for her.


54 posted on 09/20/2021 9:04:06 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: karpov

This is just plain sexist. I have seen movies where a 105 pound woman walks into a bar and beats the heck out of a dozen 240 linebackers.


55 posted on 09/20/2021 9:05:34 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: karpov

If a man hits you ONCE you leave him. You do NOT accept an apology. YOU move on.

Anything less and the woman’s a fool.

There are men NOT worth having.


56 posted on 09/20/2021 9:15:28 PM PDT by GOPJ (Try Milley and his commie cabal for treason - then put them to death.It'll be a lesson for the young)
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To: karpov

If a man hits you ONCE you leave him. You do NOT accept an apology. YOU move on.

Anything less and the woman’s a fool.

There are men NOT worth having.

That applies to a boyfriend, a husband, a friend. Walk away...


57 posted on 09/20/2021 9:16:27 PM PDT by GOPJ (Try Milley and his commie cabal for treason - then put them to death.It'll be a lesson for the young)
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To: Rebelbase
In the late 70's I went to school in Florida, 1,200 miles away from home. My parents had a rule about going to college and it meant no car. I was at a flight school and I could get to just about any airport, but then you have to get to where you need to go from the airports. I thumbed rides for almost two years in south Florida in the time period where there was some really insane stuff going on! Usually no farther than 10 miles, but I ran into just about every kind hearted lunatic coked up out of their mind!

The last ride that ended it for me was after I dropped off a plane at West Palm Int'l (PBI) I had to hitch a ride all the way back to Vero beach. A coked up guy in a whale tail Porsche picked me up and was going north on I-95 at 90 MPH and trying to get romantic. That kind of freaked me out. I was only 18 at the time.

After that I saved on my food budget and bought a moped. If I took the front wheel off it would fit in the back seats. I even took it to West End, Freeport, Bahamas. I would go from the airport to the Holiday Inn and mooch off the tourists, sleep in the plane.

The 70's were awesome!

58 posted on 09/20/2021 9:17:54 PM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: karpov
The B-52's - Roam (Official Music Video)
59 posted on 09/20/2021 9:27:21 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: bigbob

Sad isn’t it.


60 posted on 09/20/2021 9:31:40 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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