Battered Women

The first time my husband of 24 years hit me, we had been married 8 days. He hit me in the face so hard I fell half way across out bed. He hit me because I cussed him. I never cussed him again.

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I never believed I was capable of cheating. I never believed there was anyone out there who would be interested in me because I was overweight. I've never felt pretty at all. The he came along. He started spending a lot of the night talking to me on my 3rd shift job. Eventually we began going to breakfast every morning when I got off.

We had both been in law enforcement in our pasts. We talked about our experiences there. He loved hearing my "war stories". When I was working there my husband never wanted to hear my stories. Here was this handsome guy, 4 years my junior, and he was really interested in me. That is how the whole thing began.