Don't lecture

[Douglas Laycock]

        I obviously don't speak for David Wagner.  But it is certainly possible to
believe that a person in an abusive relationship should immediately walk
out the door -- absolutely, positively, no qualifications -- and also
believe that millions of Americans are far too casual about divorce.  I had
good friends who got a preventive divorce -- they weren't having any
problems yet, but they anticipated that they would have problems at some
time in the future.

At 02:12 PM 10/24/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>If any of the recent hiatus in list postings is attributable to my post, I
>apologize.  It was not intended to a conversation stopper.  I meant to
>deliver what I considered a well-deserved metaphorical rap across the
>knuckles to David Wagner.  Despite the impression given by my post, I am
>quite open about my experiences, especially since they gave me the impetus
>needed to reshape my life--from displaced homemaker to law student to
>university professor in five all-too-short and very enjoyable years.  Others
>on the list have spoken about their personal lives in several different
>contexts (although perhaps none quite so bluntly).  If the pause is a natural
>one then I am overreacting, but if it is a result of my post then I
>apologize.  Frances
>


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