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I was at the doctor's for some routine reason a few years ago, when he asked me if my husband ever hit me. I laughed because it was completely out of the blue and had nothing to do with why I was there. There was also no evidence of abuse. He seemed very angry with me for my response, which seemed somewhat ironic to me.
I went to Urgent Care in Feb. because of a severe cold. One of the questions the intake nurse or P.A. or whatever she was asked me was, “Is there anyone at home that you are afraid of?”
I laughed and said, “No, but there’s someone at home who annoys me quite often.”
And I AM grateful there’s no one here I’m afraid of.
Annoyances I can deal with.
I had the same thing happen to me when I went to the emergency room in January after hurting my ankle playing basketball. I’m sitting there drenched in sweat in athletic clothes with a swollen ankle, wife by my side, when the attending nurse asked out of the blue if there was any abuse involved. I actually thought she was joking, so I said said I couldn’t talk about it in front of my wife cause she might hit me again.