(Some) Women: Too soon old. Too late smart.
Not trying to be funny here. There’s nothing funny about this.
Some women make some very dire choices when it comes to men. This one cost this woman her and her daughter’s life.
I suspect there were clear warning signs all along the way with this guy.
His anger at others was likely pronounced. Even with her he was probably less than caring. His family relations may have been sketchy. The things he participated in may have been also.
This isn’t written to rip anyone. Just be careful. Don’t ignore warming signs.
There are a lot of evil tempered people out there, both men and women.
You speak as if the availability of decent marriageable men is equal to the proportion of decent marriageable women. Percentage of the population is not enough. One of the main reasons for the development of civilization, laws and marriage customs was to discipline and domesticate males, since uncontracepted natural females were already tamed by their hormones due to childbirth and their instinct to protect their young. Today's resurgence of feral, unchurched and uncivilized males and brainwashed, contracepted females is our current disaster.