[CindyDawg]

Then you of all people should know that without help the woman often goes right back into the abusive relation.

[LongElegantLegs]

I don't know about that. In my situation, it never happened. We don't hear about the ones who are strong enough to stop it from happening again, only about the ones who perpetuate the cycle. That doesn't mean that the first category of people are the minority.