she called him to say "everything was her fault."
O really? That's sure sounds like something a terrorized, hopeless, and completely demoralized vacant-shell-of-her-former-self victim of spousal abuse would think.
He probably made it up though to make himself look good. FAIL.
Been there, “confessed” that.
Still not completely recovered.
Sadly, you’re probably right.
Back then, the *only* thing that kept me defiantly sucking air was the worry about what would happen to my dogs if I were gone.
I sure as hell didn’t want *him* to get hold of them so I kept fighting to stay alive.
So far, so good.
FWIW, to hear the tales he tells when he thinks I won’t hear about it, he’s a saint and I “deserved” every beating.