[Melinda in TN]

In this day and time, why do women stay with men that abuse them? I told my husband from day one, 40 years ago, that if he ever hits me, we’re done. He never has. I was a hot-headed redhead in our younger years, and I think he might have been afraid for his life. LOL

I have mellowed out, a lot! Still, nobody has to die over it. Just walk away.

[SauronOfMordor]

In this day and time, why do women stay with men that abuse them? I told my husband from day one, 40 years ago, that if he ever hits me, we’re done

That's the reaction of most women. But not all.

There are some women who appear to be addicted to the adrenaline rush of being with an unpredictably violent man. They crave that excitement, like some men crave dangerous sports. That's why they keep going back

Erin Pizzy, founder of the UK's first battered women's shelter, made that observation decades ago, and got a lot of flack from feminists over the book she wrote, "Prone to Violence".

[Theophilus]

I was a hot-headed redhead

FTFY

So is my wife. The thrill always overcomes the fear.

[Rockingham]

Hmmm . . . “hot-headed redhead.” Is that you, Maureen O’Hara, posting from the Great Beyond?

[NorthMountain]

I was a hot-headed redhead

And you thought the potential problem was HIM hitting YOU???

You're lucky he didn't just walk away ...

What you told him was profoundly insulting. Think about the implication.