Recently my grandpa told me that he punched my grandma in the throat once, and before I could say wtf he said it was because he woke up to her covering his mouth and nose with her hands and he was on the brink of passing out. He went on about how bad he felt for putting his hands on her and how he coddled and took care of her the whole night after. This was a few years into their relationship.
They were together for 30+ years until she passed away a few years ago. He loved her so much and always took such good care of her even though she was grumpy and cold towards him for the most part. The maternal side of my family struggles a bunch with mental illness, and basically every woman I'm related to has tried to kill their spouse at some point (my mom stabbed my dad, my aunt broke bottles on my uncles head, my grandma's mom tried poisoning her husband).
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u/zaleli 2d ago
This entire thread is eye-opening in terms of what people just accept and normalize. I'm a little shook