This past weekend I had lunch with some former coworkers. I don't know how the topic turned to domestic violence, but the one coworker admitted that her father regularly beat her mother during their marriage (both parents have long since died). None of the children in this family ever said anything about this or called the police, even when they were adults, and this abuse did not stop.
My former coworker even admitted that her father would strike her mother in front of their grandson. My friend's son, who is now in his 30's, told my friend that he remembers seeing grandpa hit grandma on more than one occasion when he was at their house. I was just stunned that adult children would turn a blind eye to one parent abusing another parent. I guess I'm just naive.
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Born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa. Chicago 1979 to 1986. Northwest Suburbs of Chicago - Schaumburg since 1988.
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