After living with parental justification of hate for the first 18+ years of my life, I just wanted to make a small point here that seems to be overlooked often in some peoples minds.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS BAD! BAD! Got it?
My aunt Theresa was murdered by her abusive husband, along with her roommate, before he turned the gun on himself like the piece of ish coward he was. I've had it explained away many many times, she was fighting with him also! There was drugs involved! They were bad for eachother! Yeah, no ish? But HOW ON EARTH DID SHE DESERVE TO DIE?! They left behind a 2 year old son, my cousin Billy, who ended up with the more mentally ill side of my family and spent his life being abused.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2000-01-22/news/18134855_1_maintenance-worker-brain-surgery-critical-condition In the above article, it mentions my aunt's murder. Not only that, but my aunt's murderer's brother ended up doing the same thing!! What in hell is going on?!
Worse. The worst part... My cousin Danny almost died recently after being shot in the chest by my aunt Lynda's long time boyfriend. Said boyfriend then killed himself. In front of my aunt.
(Scary that this is from both my mom and dad's sides of the family, Theresa was dad's youngest sister and Lynda is my mom's eldest sister)
Domestic. Violence. Is. Bad. Full stop. End of story.