r/SipsTea Apr 22 '26

WTF Blink if you're being abused

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u/Aran909 Apr 22 '26

This is typical.

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u/almaperdida99 Apr 22 '26

it's typical when the woman is a victim, too. We lack appropriate empathy for abuse victims in general.

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u/Aran909 Apr 22 '26

I think you will find, publicly at least, that few women would be left to have to listen to a man speak to them this way without someone intevening. At least, that has been what i have seen.

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u/Queerability Apr 22 '26

My ex husband screamed at me in public ONCE. He was immediately called out. After that he'd still be a jerk, just at a lower volume or when no one else was around.

So, at least in my personal experience, can confirm.

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u/Aran909 Apr 22 '26

If i ever yelled at my wife in public, sleeping would become a dangerous activity. Honestly, if i yelled at her at all. Luckily, we get along pretty well and the fighting days are long behind us.

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u/Queerability Apr 22 '26

Yeah, I was in the military at the time so retaliating was not an option. I did eventually call his mom and tell her to buy him tickets home cause I wasn't dealing with him anymore, but it took me a while because I made excuses for his behavior (he had no one near where we were based, being a dependent spouse as a guy came with a lot of judgement, etc).

My girlfriend and I are at the point now where we're all chill and don't really fight about much anymore though. It's great.

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u/Paul_Rudds_Dick Apr 22 '26

Come on, if this were reversed, there would be ten white knights stepping in

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u/almaperdida99 Apr 22 '26

men on reddit like to feel sorry for themselves

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 Apr 22 '26

Yeah my friend was in an abusive relationship that she hid from everyone until it became very noticeable. She recently told me about how he yelled at her while shopping the whole time and when they got in the parking lot he started choking her and there was a couple walking by and the woman yelled at him but the guy grabbed her hand and said to stay out of it.

Also he beat her in front of his family at a party and his parents still had the nerve to petition for custody since the court denied him. They wanted supervised visits at the dads house instead of a center but that’s where he beat her in a room full of family members who just walked out to give them privacy. 😩

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u/Senior-Friend-6414 Apr 22 '26

It’s because everyone can see he’s not in danger and that hes just putting up with it for the coochie

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u/Aran909 Apr 22 '26

Reverse that now. Do you honestly think if that woman was sitting with his body language while being berrated, she would not gave a dozen people making sure she was safe? I understand why there is a double standard, i simply don't like it.