Leave garbage at the curb

By: Miss Lonelyhearts Posted: 12:00 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: Please tell the psychology major calling herself Flunked the Practical that she is being verbally abused. I have a friend whose ex-husband treated her the same way. He would pass off his insults as “just kidding.” She took this kind of verbal abuse from him for more than 30 years. I’m no psychology major, but it became obvious to me he was treating her with disdain and using insults to hurt her psyche. Their children, two boys, now men, treat her the same way their father did. Thankfully, a few years back her husband opted to go on a trip without informing her. She finally saw daylight, contacted her lawyer and got out of the relationship. She has been a much happier person since then.

Read this article for free:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

To continue reading, please subscribe:

*First annual payment billed as $205.00 + GST for one year. This annual subscription will automatically renew at $233.00 + GST every 52 weeks (10% off the regular annual price of $259.35). Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.

Read unlimited articles for free today:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 19/01/2016 (3880 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Flunked the Practical could confront her husband about the digs hurting her feelings, but if this is his real nature I can’t see him improving himself. She should have a lawyer picked out and leave the guy before it’s too late and her personality gets shot down completely.

— Thanks for Listening, Winnipeg

Dear Thanks for Listening: There is a lot of truth in that old saying: “When you take the garbage out to the curb, you don’t bring it back in, and open it up.” Flunked the Practical needs to set herself free and leave her abuser at the curb. That husband has years of practice mocking and verbally beating her up, and he’s gotten away with it. She needs to break up with him and exchange her abuser for a gentle man.

Please send your questions and comments to lovecoach@hotmail.com or Miss Lonelyhearts c/o the Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6

Miss Lonelyhearts
Advice Columnist

Read full biography

Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.

Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.