Reply #32: I didn't mean to infer that all women did.... [View All]

[SacredCow]

Though at the time, it really felt like it! At one point, I permanently lost one such friend as her boyfriend was physically abusing her. She called me in fear for her life one night, so I rounded up some friends that happened to not like her boyfriend (which was tellingly easy) and we went over and physically removed him from her apartment (and I think a few of his teeth might have been collateral damage). Well, the next day she had "a good talk" with him and they were back together, and I was a violent jerk for interfering. "Fine, " I said. "Do whatever you think is right, but don't involve me again. Call the police or the battered womens' shelter. I suggest putting them on speed-dial."