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Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by Simplybami(f): 9:30am On Feb 10, 2018
"Where does it hurt mama?" The little girl whispered into her mother's ears quietly, wishing she could stop pain that was throbbing all over her mother's body. She had a dull pain clouding her forehead which she got when her father pushed her while he was thrashing her mother, but that wasn't important now, her only source of joy was in pain and the only wish she had was to make it all go away.

Her mother's left eye was swollen now, with scars seating gorgeously all over her body, the previous ones and the one she just got from her husband that evening. She didn't reply her daughter, instead she kept thinking of a way to leave the beast of a man she called her husband, he had promised her family that he would never lay a finger on her again after leaving her bedridden for several weeks in the hospital.

Her mother encouraged her to go back to her "man" and fight for her marriage, as if that was an achievement every lady must be proud of. She listened to them and returned after several pleading from both her husband and her parents. Even if she didn't want to go back to her husband, she had to go back for her daughter, their only child, the only source of compensation for all her anguish.

She looked up at her daughter and replied her eventually,"everywhere my baby, everywhere. But it will all end soon". She knew she didn't have much time any longer, she wish she could buy more time and make everything perfect but there was nothing she could do about it. So at night, when mother earth turned into thin air and yearned for her, she tried to fight it but with the gnash on her forehead throbbing viciously and her unsteady heartbeat somersaulting rhythmically, she conceded to go enjoy the serenity forever without hindrance.

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Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by matgold(m): 7:10am On Feb 11, 2018
Interesting

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Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by Flexy2vybes(m): 7:11am On Feb 11, 2018
bt d pain she thinks is gone is transfered to d poor girl.... physicaly,spiritualy, emotionaly n worst of al d so called dad would transfer d treatment to d gal if ha maternal background doz nt cum n fetch ha. nice 1.
Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by dejonathan(f): 7:16am On Feb 11, 2018
Nice write up

Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by CEtoO(f): 7:21am On Feb 11, 2018
Quite a story. It is Christianity that makes divorce a big issue. Every woman or man out there going through pains in marriage, my best advice is to walk out.

Better separated, happy and alive than languishing in pains and trying to save a messed up marriage that could send you to meet your ancestors before your time.

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Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by GMBuhari: 7:22am On Feb 11, 2018
how does it hurt
Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by prettygumi(f): 7:38am On Feb 11, 2018
sad story�

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Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by EmmaLege: 7:41am On Feb 11, 2018
cry
Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by cooldood(m): 7:56am On Feb 11, 2018
Simplybami:

"Where does it hurt mama?" The little girl whispered into her mother's ears quietly, wishing she could stop pain that was throbbing all over her mother's body. She had a dull pain clouding her forehead which she got when her father pushed her while he was thrashing her mother, but that wasn't important now, her only source of joy was in pain and the only wish she had was to make it all go away.

Her mother's left eye was swollen now, with scars seating gorgeously all over her body, the previous ones and the one she just got from her husband that evening. She didn't reply her daughter, instead she kept thinking of a way to leave the beast of a man she called her husband, he had promised her family that he would never lay a finger on her again after leaving her bedridden for several weeks in the hospital.

Her mother encouraged her to go back to her "man" and fight for her marriage, as if that was an achievement every lady must be proud of. She listened to them and returned after several pleading from both her husband and her parents. Even if she didn't want to go back to her husband, she had to go back for her daughter, their only child, the only source of compensation for all her anguish.

She looked up at her daughter and replied her eventually,"everywhere my baby, everywhere. But it will all end soon". She knew she didn't have much time any longer, she wish she could buy more time and make everything perfect but there was nothing she could do about it. So at night, when mother earth turned into thin air and yearned for her, she tried to fight it but with the gnash on her forehead throbbing viciously and her unsteady heartbeat somersaulting rhythmically, she conceded to go enjoy the serenity forever without hindrance.

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So where does this storyline start from, or is it that the woman married a boxing champion who sees her as a punching bag or what exactly led to her 'formerly loving husband' to suddenly turn to a boxing legend? All these half-baked stories to curb domestic violence, you are not dealing with the root cause of the issue...domestic violence stems from a root, deal with the root cause. Women should also stop using the mouths violently on men, when you stop using your mouth 'violently', the men will stop using their 'hands' too. I asked a lady one simple question and she couldnt answer, why do women respect their pastors/ imams, respect their senior colleagues at work, but disrespect the man they married as their husband. Why? Why cant you all respect your husband the way you comport yourselves in church or at work. Or is it a law that women must disrespect their husbands? If your pastors or oga at work give you an instruction to carry out, you whether willingly or reluctantly carry it out, but when your husband does same, you begin to question him with your venom mouths, instead of question him in a loving way.

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Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by stuffs4me(m): 7:59am On Feb 11, 2018
This is a malicious and fictitious story aimed at demonizing men and God will punish the OP for this.

Domestic violence is not gender sensitive as both males and females have been known to be the aggressors.

One of the biggest challenges in cases of domestic violence is to prove that there is a possibility that the man is the victim.

Most women are already stereotyped and will go into a tirade and will start raining curses on men as soon as a case of domestic violence is established irrespective of who is the victim.



1) Woman Pours Hot Water On Husband In Kaduna
https://www.nairaland.com/3811324/woman-pours-hot-water-husband

2) Lady Stabs Her Boyfriend To Death In Opobo, Rivers State
https://www.nairaland.com/3792216/lady-stabs-boyfriend-death-opobo

3) More than 40% of domestic violence victims are male, report reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/05/men-victims-domestic-violence


4) 11 facts everyone should know about domestic violence against men
https://www.domesticshelters.org/domestic-violence-articles-information/men-can-be-abused-too#.WRRQCTe1tO0

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Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by Simplybami(f): 9:40am On Feb 11, 2018
Flexy2vybes:
bt d pain she thinks is gone is transfered to d poor girl.... physicaly,spiritualy, emotionaly n worst of al d so called dad would transfer d treatment to d gal if ha maternal background doz nt cum n fetch ha. nice 1.

Thank you for reading.

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Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by Simplybami(f): 9:44am On Feb 11, 2018
prettygumi:
sad story�

Yeah,very sad. But this could have been averted if she had walked out of the life threatening institution early.
Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by Simplybami(f): 9:45am On Feb 11, 2018
EmmaLege:
cry

Awwwwwn. I know it's really sad.
Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by Simplybami(f): 9:46am On Feb 11, 2018
CEtoO:
Quite a story. It is Christianity that makes divorce a big issue. Every woman or man out there going through pains in marriage, my best advice is to walk out.

Better separated, happy and alive than languishing in pains and trying to save a messed up marriage that could send you to meet your ancestors before your time.


Exactly!!! Thank you for reading.
Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by RichieBrown(m): 10:09am On Feb 11, 2018
CEtoO:
Quite a story. It is Christianity that makes divorce a big issue. Every woman or man out there going through pains in marriage, my best advice is to walk out.

Better separated, happy and alive than languishing in pains and trying to save a messed up marriage that could send you to meet your ancestors before your time.

I am a Christian but I won't fib up and down about this issue. Christianity can be a big problem when it comes to marriage. It is better to be divorced than live your entire adulthood as a punching back. I don't get it, when a man beats you day and night and you still pray for him to get better? For real? What are they expecting, an out of the blue chance of heart?? Lol!! We are our own problem..

Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by xamiel: 6:56pm On Feb 11, 2018
She had a chance to stay alive.
Nice one though.
Re: Scarlet: A Short Story On Domestic Violence by Simplybami(f): 7:44pm On Feb 11, 2018
xamiel:
She had a chance to stay alive.
Nice one though.
Thank you.

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