Tonight the hus and I somehow stumbled onto the topic of the host body. I don't exactly remember how it caome up...something about parents fighting in front of their children. He told me that he had seen his parents argue in front of him 1 time.
And I told him I don't remember a night when the host body and the man whore did not fight. And not the 'it's your turn to do the dishes fighting. One afternoon, my brothers and I walked into the fight of all fights. The SF had the host body face down in the trash can and was beating her in the head with a dark eyes vodka bottle (which were glass then, not plastic). There was blood everywhere and I thought sure she was dead. She wasn't.
I witnessed them arguing and physically fighting every single day...she never cried. The host body never cried. I remember seeing my mother cry only one time my entire childhood - and that was when Elvis Presley died!
When he beat me I didn't cry either. Crying meant I would be beaten worse ~ or he would win.
I never cried.
I think it's terrible that you had to witness and endure so much violence.
ReplyDelete...as you know...altho - not nearly as terrible as watching the neighbors witness it too...
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