Wow Curval, yer story kinda mirrors something that happened last week.
Last year, my brother hired a guy who came over here from Romania. He was married with a daughter. The idea was, he'd work, get established, and save up enough money to bring them over.
Turns out, he was a big time wife beater. And while he was saving up to bring his family over, he was having an affair with some chick here, and got her pregnant.
So the family arrives, and the pregnant chick (now a mother) demands child support. He accepts that. But his wife has had it, and says that if he pays the support, she will divorce him.
2 hours after meeting with a lawyer, the guy blows his brains out.
Now, it's kind of all unrelated in some way, but all three people's positions are kind of understandable. It's hard to find someone wholly at fault.
Now I know I didn't really tie in the spousal abuse angle very well, but in the end, what I was left with was an impression that the abuse was almost an accepted thing. Kinda like, cultural.
In a way, it doesn't suprise me... but whatever... adds context to yer Nanny's story.
