Never Forgotten
“Mary shook her head. “I don’t know,” she said. “She was fairly incoherent. There were two things that stood out in the conversation. Her husband’s mother abandoned her children. She was pregnant and when she told someone, most likely her husband, he beat her and told her that she would abandon her children too.”
“That’s not uncommon,” Rosie said quietly.
“What?” Mary asked.
“It’s not uncommon for someone who has been abused to become an abuser,” she said, “And, unfortunately, if they don’t beco...me an abuser, they often find a relationship where they are being abused.”
“That don’t make no sense,” Stanley said. “You’d think they’d know what to look for and avoid it.”
Rosie remained silent for a moment and then she spoke. “When you’re an abused child or when you watch your mother being abused, you think that’s what a normal relationship is all about,” she said. “And when your husband hits you the first time, although you’re shocked, a little part of you wonders if you didn’t deserve it.”MoreLess
“That’s not uncommon,” Rosie said quietly.
“What?” Mary asked.
“It’s not uncommon for someone who has been abused to become an abuser,” she said, “And, unfortunately, if they don’t beco...me an abuser, they often find a relationship where they are being abused.”
“That don’t make no sense,” Stanley said. “You’d think they’d know what to look for and avoid it.”
Rosie remained silent for a moment and then she spoke. “When you’re an abused child or when you watch your mother being abused, you think that’s what a normal relationship is all about,” she said. “And when your husband hits you the first time, although you’re shocked, a little part of you wonders if you didn’t deserve it.”MoreLess
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