Ok..

First.... there are shelters out there for battered women. YOU don't have to have children to seek one out! Want a start? Call your local United Way or YWCA.

HE is NO man if he is laying his hands on you! NO ONE and I mean NO ONE deserves to be hit. And what I mean by "hit" is physicallyand emotionally. Bruises can be left not only on the body, but the heart as well.

Do yourself a favor deary...and I don't know you from Sam Hill, but I know what I'm talking about.... I'd much rather leave all my material things behind than endure such shit as the treatment he is giving you. So what if you end up having nothing material at first. Hell I'd much rather have my life than any old piece of money or what have you.

You say you were raised with the theory of "you made your bed, so lie in it." Maybe so hunny, but continue on being with him and you're end up laying all right...end up laying right in a casket.

Harsh? You betcha! But no more harsher than HIM hitting you.

Just my two cents..