Unbelievable, Wife Beats Husband: Lamentations Of A Battered Husband
Unbelievable, Wife Beats Husband:
Lamentations Of A Battered Husband
My marriage has been hell and my
wife is trouble personified. She has been violent since the first day we were
pronounced husband and wife.” He paused and looked around to see if anyone was
eavesdropping on us.
“We did not court for a long time.
But even in those few months of our courtship, I noticed she was very
aggressive. She once slapped a cashier over a small matter. She also slapped me
once and I once narrowly escaped being bathed with hot water but I never took
it seriously then. Each time she goes into a rage, I quickly forgive her. In
the last one year, she has fought me many times over flimsy arguments. The last
time, she slapped me in the presence of our friends at a party. The other day,
when we got into an argument, one of the many we had had, she sliced my arm
with a razor.”
He unfolded his shirt to reveal a
deep but a stitched scar that ran through his shoulder to his wrist. It was
scary. He went on, now almost sobbing. “I really do not know what to do as I am
very scared of her violent mood swings. Her weapons include hot water, boiling
soup and kitchen knife which she throws at me like missiles. She has destroyed
every gadget in the house. When she is calm, she would break down in my arms,
and cry profusely. I have forgiven her many times when I look into her eyes
because I really love her. What should I do now? Things have become even more
complicated now that she is pregnant with our first baby.”
He proceeded to show me deep scars
of teeth bites, nail scratches and injury marks; results of months of violence
their marriage had become. It was unbelievable. Now, he has taken to drinking.
We returned and both took our turns to have the haircut that had brought us to
the hairdresser’s in the first place. Later, we ended up in a bar where he
quickly drowned two bottles of beer. I did not know what to say. Third party
advice in marriage is always a tricky one. I watched him as he drowned one
glass of chilled lager after the other.
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