tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post7005233656560182024..comments2023-07-01T11:03:20.380-04:00Comments on BooksEtc.: Sticks and Stones...Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-90421127825858065492010-06-13T23:59:33.467-04:002010-06-13T23:59:33.467-04:00It does make you wonder if it's even worse in ...It does make you wonder if it's even worse in the privacy of their home.Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678698296265168217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-26547398813097859382010-06-01T16:32:21.212-04:002010-06-01T16:32:21.212-04:00And that's when you shout, "Oh! I know! H...And that's when you shout, "Oh! I know! He must be STUPID because he's STILL putting up with YOU!"Lainey-Paneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722187515774744428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-47542835664920722092010-05-30T19:39:04.845-04:002010-05-30T19:39:04.845-04:00I've heard worse. Still, when I leave work I c...I've heard worse. Still, when I leave work I certainly don't want to hear it in public.JR's Thumbprintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479324326541901987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-70603639696423497562010-05-30T05:45:30.239-04:002010-05-30T05:45:30.239-04:00What a cringe-making thing to witness. Calling so...What a cringe-making thing to witness. Calling someone stupid? There is NEVER an excuse for that.<br /><br />Last night I saw a movie called Away We Go (charming and quirky; I recommend it) and there was a monstrous mother in it who said awful things about her children and claimed that they didn't pay any attention to it. Personally, I remember any unkind word . . . whether it was spoken Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-20118716026987861502010-05-29T11:19:26.032-04:002010-05-29T11:19:26.032-04:00They must be a new couple. If they'd been tog...They must be a new couple. If they'd been together for a while, she would surely <i>know</i> if he was deaf or stupid without needing to ask.kyknoordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376671662670291957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-37995645868332833342010-05-29T01:55:02.407-04:002010-05-29T01:55:02.407-04:00people have complicated relationships. i think som...people have complicated relationships. i think some couples actually enjoy tormenting each other.<br />perhaps they are co-dependent on each other.<br />as cherie so elequently said: yikes!Seraphinehttp://EncoreSeraphine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-85599705691051166242010-05-28T21:25:59.077-04:002010-05-28T21:25:59.077-04:00Poor man! In some relationships and families dysfu...Poor man! In some relationships and families dysfunction is so common they barely realize that's not how it has to be. <br /><br />I once saw this young couple in a gas station and the young man was telling his gf the most horrible things. Can't even repeat them. He was basically verbally stripping all her power away. I wanted to go over and tell her not to listen. But I had the feeling Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-23255856429921375732010-05-28T01:16:37.839-04:002010-05-28T01:16:37.839-04:00I know a couple like that, and I wonder why the hu...I know a couple like that, and I wonder why the husband stays. I have seen his wife kick him in public, and she wasn't drunk nor drinking.Angie Muresanhttp://www.angiemuresan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-23916196821488788102010-05-27T21:11:42.651-04:002010-05-27T21:11:42.651-04:00booze is known to loosen many a tongue, words othe...booze is known to loosen many a tongue, words otherwise kept hidden, rightly or wrongly... he's a fool if he stays :(laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-14134874226693366052010-05-27T14:51:14.317-04:002010-05-27T14:51:14.317-04:00you are so lucky not to be exposed to this on a da...you are so lucky not to be exposed to this on a daily basis....it's evil and venom, like you said.<br /><br />and I think it has alot to do with insecurity...and just plain mean-ass people. <br /><br />XOXOXAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245554563405436101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-90432983396587928612010-05-27T13:40:20.397-04:002010-05-27T13:40:20.397-04:00Witnessing ugliness towards another human being st...Witnessing ugliness towards another human being sticks with me for a long time. No wonder it's still on your mind *shudder*Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-78438953269952216972010-05-27T08:26:26.375-04:002010-05-27T08:26:26.375-04:00I've seen this sort of thing in airports - fam...I've seen this sort of thing in airports - family on vacation and the wife (unfortunately it usually is) is screaming at her husband while the kids run amok - happy holidays. Where is the sense of propriety and embarrassment - evidently that was left at home as well.lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-90073034620490550892010-05-27T07:38:30.637-04:002010-05-27T07:38:30.637-04:00Good Lord. How revolting.Good Lord. How revolting.Attila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-83706856486032828862010-05-27T04:42:43.656-04:002010-05-27T04:42:43.656-04:00ouch. I saw a couple much like that once. These pp...ouch. I saw a couple much like that once. These ppl were sober, though, and had two small children with them. I'm assuming that ppl like them have had to have been happy at some point and I just can't imagine what must have happened to them or between them to make them that angry.choochoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994404946009103090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-31130672786867237432010-05-26T23:24:25.865-04:002010-05-26T23:24:25.865-04:00Yeah, it's extra shocking to hear someone spea...Yeah, it's extra shocking to hear someone speak to their "beloved" like that in public. Sad and disturbing.<br /><br />Keep faith,<br />RobynRawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-67127415560054686712010-05-26T21:41:05.104-04:002010-05-26T21:41:05.104-04:00Ahh, Beth -- I get what you are saying here. There...Ahh, Beth -- I get what you are saying here. There is nothing more disturbing [nor sobering] to me than to see a couple in mid-fight mode.<br />Wait, the only thing <i>more</i> distressing is when a child is involved... parents yelling in an abusive way to their kid. I would rather see adults go at it.<br />Makes me glad I only live with a cat.<br />[Even though he too, sometimes verbally abuses Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-79708328573251630602010-05-26T20:21:09.573-04:002010-05-26T20:21:09.573-04:00I grew up with alcoholic parents but it took me de...I grew up with alcoholic parents but it took me decades of consciousness to realize the anger behind the drinking. I know that my own relationship to alcohol is, gratefully, not the same as my parents but I am painfully aware of how it does bring up the vile and the bile in me, even small amounts. As for the public display of dis-affection, well, just - YIKES! Having any kind of discussion The Bodhi Chicklethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12287125977780580043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-91709176238246996142010-05-26T17:15:31.382-04:002010-05-26T17:15:31.382-04:00arguing in public a such a low rent thing to doarguing in public a such a low rent thing to donursemyrahttp://nursemyra.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-13823079803382003352010-05-26T16:44:32.145-04:002010-05-26T16:44:32.145-04:00How utterly horrid, mostly for him. Here's ho...How utterly horrid, mostly for him. Here's hoping they never had kids.orenetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-64887849779500987182010-05-26T13:33:23.140-04:002010-05-26T13:33:23.140-04:00Have you considered that maybe he was deaf and stu...Have you considered that maybe he was deaf and stupid ; )The Guy Who Writes Thishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14640163878085652809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-77089716656144543522010-05-26T13:20:42.400-04:002010-05-26T13:20:42.400-04:00I would never in a million years talk to or tolera...I would never in a million years talk to or tolerate being talked to like that. If I spoke at my husband like he was a disobedient dog he would walk out the door within seconds.<br /><br />Poor people.Reeny's Ramblin'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050247389542400578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-34596921417937696702010-05-26T11:08:15.971-04:002010-05-26T11:08:15.971-04:00Yuck. I knew a couple like that, one of my friends...Yuck. I knew a couple like that, one of my friends' parents. The mother was just constantly yelling at either her daughter (my friend) or her husband, who would never ever contradict her.<br /><br />Eventually, I stopped going to her place (we were teens at the time) because it made me feel uneasy. You could never tell how the next minute was going to be, her mother could be in a good mood Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-6190727194353424652010-05-26T10:54:20.505-04:002010-05-26T10:54:20.505-04:00I don't think such outbursts would be very sho...I don't think such outbursts would be very shocking in most of the world. In Europe, on-lookers would probably smirk quietly at the battle axe as she vented. Perhaps there's more of a culture of politeness in North America.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.com