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I heard today that one of my cousins is getting back with her ex-husband after a 10 year divorce. Normally, I would/should be happy for her because in these past 10 years, neither of them have found anyone to love and to cherish for the rest of their lives. I should be happy for her because she has two kids, of whom he has custody, and this is their chance to be a family again. I should be happy for my cousin...but I'm not.

I can't be happy for her because during their brief marriage, a marriage that didn't last as long as the divorce has, he beat her. He beat her so that she had physical bruises, and he beat her often. Hell, I say once is too often. He claims that he's changed, that he's older now, and not young and stupid anymore. I'm not positive I buy it, I'm not sure that the thing that drives a man to beat his wife is something he just out-grows.

I will never understand what it is that could drive someone to beat the person that they love, much less the person with whom they have vowed to spend the rest of their life. I will never understand how you could hurt the person for whom you would lay down your life, and who would lay down their life for you. I don't understand how you could hurt the person whose every joy you live for and whose pain you feel ten fold. Who in their sane mind could claim that that is love?

Beyond not understanding how someone could say that they love someone and beat them, I think it takes an incredibly STUPID man to beat his wife. I mean even the lowest life form can figure out that you should never scorn or oppress the person who sleeps beside you at night. Think about it, this is the person who lays next to you when you are in REM, in deep sleep, in an effective state of unconsciousness. How difficult do you think it would be for this person to exact revenge on you?? Are you THAT dumb????? Even if your wife doesn't go ax-murder or Lorena on you, this person is still the person who cooks you dinner. This woman has unlimited access to your food source. Do you think that by beating her you're lowering the chance of rat poison or laxatives showing up in your food? Again, are you THAT dumb? Are you prepared to live in a state of constant paranoia, unsure of when your abused wife is going to lash out at you again???

My parents, the only people in the world who have a right to beat me, don't beat me. HELL if I let a man lay a single hand on me. Unlucky is the guy who thinks he can get away with hitting me or any of my female friends. Really guys, the costs FAR outway the benefits...I'm still trying to figure out what the benefits are in the first place. Be smart. Love and cherish your wife, treat her like a princess, and she will make you the happiest, luckiest man to ever walk the earth.

Can you tell that I'm furious on behalf of my cousin? Hearing of men who beat their wife just makes my blood boil. Really though, I'm a very nice girl, just don't cross me. ;-)

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Get ready, all you lonely girls
and leave those umbrellas at home. - Alright! -

Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
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Absolutely soaking wet!
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She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy
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I feel stormy weather / Moving in about to begin
Hear the thunder / Don't you lose your head
Rip off the roof and stay in bed

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She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy
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Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men!