Sharon sat in her therapist’s office, tears dripping endlessly down her contorted face. Her whole body was shaken by sobs.
The therapist waited.
Finally, Sharon was able to talk. “He came home with this –UGLY grin all over his face. He smacked my bottom hard, and said, ‘I saw a sign for this. Oversize Load!’ He walked off laughing like a hyena. I’m SO done with his crude remarks about my size.”
“I’ve seen a sign like that. It was on a truck moving a trailer house. Maybe you should. Move, I mean. “
Sharon smiled.
Just Writing! 
It was a sign
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Yikes! Someone is reading too much into everything they see! Good one, Linda.
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People who love to humiliate others will always find a prompt somewhere.
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No kidding. So cruel to humilate over weight too. I hope she gets a little revenge!
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Leaving him will be revenge. He won’t have anyone to belittle.
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Quite! He deserves to be alone.
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I suspect this is another case of The one most needing the therapist says, “You go. There’s nothing wrong with me.”
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Yup. Exactly. “What, you can’t take a joke?”
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Yep. Exactly. “You’re too touchy!”
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Definitely time to move on from this guy!
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Yes. He’s verbally abusive, borders on physical abuse, and definitely emotionally abusive. A real gem.
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I think the therapist has the right prescription.
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Thank you. It wasn’t the first time he’d been a little too forceful physically, and extremely unkind.
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The sooner she’s rid of him the better~
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Yes. He’s bad news.
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Yep, time to move on (yeah, I know, easier said than done, but…)
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He’s going to escalate. Better to get out before he puts her in the hospital or the morgue.
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Yes, agreed. Unfortunately far too many people can never take that first step of leaving an abusive relationship, counselor’s advice or not.
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Sadly true.
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I hope she does leave him! Great portrayal of a nasty man.
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I didn’t make him up 🙂
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Yes, this is emotional and verbal abuse. I hope she works up the courage to leave.
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She did 🙂
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Good for her!
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I’m so glad she left him!
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I hope she took the house with her. What a d… Don’t like people who play on the trauma of others. She very well could be an emotional eater.
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Yes, and the way he treats her makes her go to food for comfort.
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Definitely time to get away from him.
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💥🔥🔥🔥
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Sounds like a real charmer. I think it’s time to move on.
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Me too! Thanks, Sandra.
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Dear Linda,
Some signs come from God and then He uses others. 😉 You know how I feel about the whole body image thing. The husband sounds like a real prince. Nice use of the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Prince of Fools, maybe 🙂
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Hmm, I think he needs a good old smack. And, she needs to move on … pronto! As others have said, I think it was a sign.
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The therapist’s right. That guy is no loss. You describe the type perfectly, Linda.
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I met a few like him during my years as a therapist. Always had an itch to smack ’em up ‘long side the head
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I wouldn’t blame you. Did any of them change their ways? (if it is allowed to answer that).
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Speaking generically, yes, there were a few who began to understand that they needed to get over themselves.
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Oh, that’s good. And must have been very satisfying for your work.
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Yes. Encouraging to keep on going. They didn’t always end well.
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Some people just are cruel, a well told tale of woe
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Sadly, you are right. There are people who are just mean, and they do it because they can.
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That man ought to be horse-whipped for his insensitivity! Grrr…. Great story. I probably would have come back with a comment about certain male parts being miniscule…. or something equally cruel.
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Maybe something like “better a big butt, then a pea size brain…”
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Ha! Yeah, I like that one 🙂
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Fortunately for him, a professional counselor is constrained by a code of ethics 🙂
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That is, if the counselor is an ethical person to begin with. Having a law of ethics means nothing to those who chose to be unethical.
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Good story, Linda. I’m glad Sharon plucked up the courage to leave him.
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move or maybe join weightwatchers. 🙂
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He would continue to make her life a misery no matter what she does. It’s just who he is.
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Hope she does something.
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She will. She’s really fed up with him, and so she should be.
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He’s lucky she’s not the violent type. The therapist is giving her good advice; better to be alone than with this piece of work.
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Sadistic people avoid those who are just like they are. No fun in goading someone who will give it right back to you.
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You’re right, he probably picked his target very carefully.
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Ugh what a horrible man, yes she should leave!
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