Silent Victims

Been thinking lately about people who willingly get involved in abusive relationships. A good friend is getting out of one and seems to have a good head on her shoulders about it but many women (and some men im sure) seem to be drawn to these destructive situations. I try not to judge too harshly having never been in a physically abusive relationship as an adult (as either victim or perpetrator) but there is one thing that bothers me... people with kids.

Maybe I'm wrong but it is hard to feel too bad for a parent who willingly chooses to get involved with someone who they know from the start is abusive. I dont care what promises he makes about "oh I've changed. It will be different this time." We all know those words are bullshit. If you are so driven by primal infatuation that you are willing to endanger yourself that is bad enough but why drag your children with you? At best you are scarring them for life and raising the chances they will grow up to be abusive or victims themselves. At worst you are putting them in physical danger.

This is what insomnia does to me. Makes me think.

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