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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: Clemenza
Look, a squirrel, er a dead attractive blonde to take our minds off of the Biden regimes treason and idiocy!

Oh, good grief. I can follow a different story once in a while. Don't worry. The Biden administration is still going to suck when I return. It's not going anywhere.

81 posted on 09/21/2021 1:39:03 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: karpov

Amen.


82 posted on 09/21/2021 2:04:06 AM PDT by left that other site (Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
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To: Ransomed
"I still (pick) up hitch hikers when it’s not a hassle."

I think the odds of two serial killers in one car have to be pretty low;)

83 posted on 09/21/2021 3:15:45 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Rockingham
"Rarely if ever should mistakes be thought of as fairly answerable with a murder."

I'll concede the point, but "stupid should hurt".

84 posted on 09/21/2021 3:18:43 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: karpov
Also.....Hang on.....I have noticed how many of these girls that have been MURDERED come from DIVORCED families.....sorry, but that's what I see.

And the most dangerous place for a YOUNG child is in the home of a live in boyfriend of their mothers.

85 posted on 09/21/2021 3:19:18 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: outofsalt

Stupid always hurts eventually, even if sometimes in ways not always well recognized by persons acting stupidly.


86 posted on 09/21/2021 3:30:04 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: karpov
How about this one:

"Men, don't murder your romantic partners."

She had a God-given right to her liberty and happiness, including her liberty to not be murdered by her romantic partner.

But husbands never murder their spouses ever, right, because they are men and certainly not emotional.

87 posted on 09/21/2021 3:33:07 AM PDT by Maigrey (Words mean things & words have power. Wield it responsibly.)
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To: Ikeon; Ransomed
" take the precaution of being thin and pretty so the nation might actually pay attention if it ends badly"

It's show business. Pretty people draw eyes to sell adds. A lovely young blond, "sells" better.

88 posted on 09/21/2021 3:35:33 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: karpov
Keep reaching there and you might realize the fallacies are growing in your doubling down.

Married women are very, very likely to suffer domestic violence from their husbands. Yet you think that women should be confined in a marriage where a husband can beat on her with zero consequence, right? Because husbands won't abuse their wives for the pettiest of reasons.

What a troll you are.

89 posted on 09/21/2021 3:36:40 AM PDT by Maigrey (Words mean things & words have power. Wield it responsibly.)
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To: karpov

how about don’t roam about the country with a man who’s not taking his meds, when you’re not taking your meds, and your goal is to be an internet sensation?
When this story is over some folks will have alot more time on their hands.


90 posted on 09/21/2021 3:39:12 AM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks minded their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: karpov

Maybe, but back in the ‘90s I worked with domestic abuse victims for about 6 months, and I think all were abused by spouses.


91 posted on 09/21/2021 3:41:14 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (“If TPTB can force you to take a shot, what CAN'T they force you to take?” - T. Carlson (paraphrased)
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To: karpov
But statistics show that married women are the least likely to suffer from violence, on average.

Correlation does not equal causation.

I don't doubt that married women are less likely to be murdered by their partners than women who are shacking up. I doubt it's got anything to do with marriage but rather that the type of people who live together instead of marrying tend to be more irresponsible and less stable types.

You could probably say the same thing about tattoos and drug use. Tattoos don't cause drug use, but the type of person that would cover themselves with tattoos tends to be the same type that are willing to pump their bodies full of street drugs. Not causative, but definitely correlated.

92 posted on 09/21/2021 3:44:57 AM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: karpov

I have no doubt if Gabby and baldy tied the knot before their ill-fated road trip, the outcome would have been just as tragic.

The real lessons are:

Get out of an abusive relationship.

Be honest with yourself about who your partner is.

Realize you cannot change people.

An idyllic social media facade is not a substitute for happiness.


93 posted on 09/21/2021 3:45:37 AM PDT by Atticus
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To: Maigrey
Married women are very, very likely to suffer domestic violence from their husbands.

This is an old lie. The least abused group of women are married women. The most abused are shack ups.

94 posted on 09/21/2021 3:46:05 AM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: karpov

Well, aren’t you so special! It is so easy to be old like us and condemn the young. I was that young once... and like a lot of us, we had a lot of learning to do and made mistakes. It was what the young have done for a long, long, long time. FWIW, married people kill each other all the time. ALL the TIME.


95 posted on 09/21/2021 3:58:02 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: Maigrey

“Married women are very, very likely to suffer domestic violence from their husbands. Yet you think that women should be confined in a marriage where a husband can beat on her with zero consequence, right? Because husbands won’t abuse their wives for the pettiest of reasons.

What a troll you are.”

You called me a troll but put into my mouth assertions I never made. Of course wives should leave abusive husbands.


96 posted on 09/21/2021 4:02:27 AM PDT by karpov
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To: Repeal The 17th

Being one for nostalgia, I picked one up a couple months ago. After a minute or two the conversation went south quickly. I’m glad he was only going a short distance. That won’t happen again.


97 posted on 09/21/2021 4:02:35 AM PDT by rfreedom4u ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
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To: PistolPaknMama

I am very sorry for your loss, PistolPaknMama. Very sorry...


98 posted on 09/21/2021 4:03:30 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: karpov

Tragic and sad what happened to this young women but the national reaction is strange.


99 posted on 09/21/2021 4:06:57 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: All

So, the “there is no evidence she is dead or he did it” crowd, is replaced by the “she wasn’t married”, crowd.

Sometimes, it is clear that losers come in all ideologies.


100 posted on 09/21/2021 4:10:14 AM PDT by rbmillerjr
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