Perhaps somebody here can help me understand a situation I see. For the life of me I can't. I have a female friend who asked me some time ago if I knew of any houses for rent and I introduced her to someone who had several available units. During the discussion about the need to find another place to live my friend (I'll call her "D" for simplicity) confided in me she was having some trouble with her "roomate". Well, in the last few weeks I've seen D and she's been distant. Once a couple of weeks ago she was scraped up and limping. She said her roomate had shoved her down (yes it's a guy) and finally yesterday I saw D and she was sporting a black eye. I've asked if she needed help and all I get is "No, no I'll handle it" Now, I'm going nuts here. I'm torn between finding the guy and ripping his head off and just turning my head. I mean, D doesn't want help but it seems obvious she's overmatched. I'm not involved with D but I find myself worrying over this daily. Men who hit women rarely stop without help and women who stay in it usually get hurt progressively worse. How do I proceed? I'm barely even acquainted with D but damn, I can't handle seeing anybody put through such crap.

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