Losing Your Head

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The big story around Buffalo is about the man who beheaded his wife a couple of years ago. As the story goes, he felt as if he had no choice because she was rough on him.

Seems like a mighty weak defense to me, you know?

The are a lot of ways that you might, as a man, be able to handle an abusive situation. Perhaps it is different for a woman, fearing for her physical safety, but you mean to tell me that this guy was so afraid of being yelled at by his wife that he could only respond by cutting off her melon?

My wife doesn't abuse me, by any stretch of the imagination, and I'm quite sure that she doesn't feel threatened, at all by me. First and foremost, she might be able to kick my ass. Secondly, we respect one another. The kids laugh whenever we ask them who is in charge at our house. It's her, and I accept that, but I certainly don't feel beat down.

Now that's not to say that there haven't been quiet moments as we contemplate my lousy behavior, but for the most part we are able to muddle through.

And if we weren't able to?

There are options available, right?

Walk the hell out...

Call the police and report the fact that your spouse is yelling at you...

Go drinking...

Go work out at the gym...

Eat a good meal...

Do anything other than lop off your partner's head.

If the abuse was so bad why didn't he tie her up in a chair and call the police?

Why didn't he go on his television show and mouth the words, "I am being held prisoner," for his viewers to see.

Now I'm not Jimmy the Greek, but I think this guy is going to be convicted of the crime of murder.

He cut off her head!

How do you explain that to the kids?

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