[Hugo-B]

Amendment: violence towards one's partner is unacceptable. Women can guilty of domestic violence too, although the authorities and society in general don't appear to take it quite as seriously. Bottom line: no one should have to live in fear of being the victim of violence or abuse from their partner.

[Guest]

Leave. Leave now. It's obvious that you're in an abusive relationship. Whether it happened once or ten times, abuse is abuse...period.

It's time to go. Start packing. Or better yet, take a day off from work when you know he will be at work, get a couple of close friends to help you and be gone completely by the time he gets home.

He caused you physical harm over some beer. Perhaps he has a substance (alcohol) abuse problem too.

[SaharaJim]

kscshell...this isn't about your "kicking his beer". He was angry with you and that was just the "excuse" for him to physically hurt you. He is responsable for his actions and emotions. The fact that he seeks to deny responsability is very disturbing. I know this "thread" is m old; but if you are still reading...get some counseling for yourself. Women who choose and abusive man will often get out of the "abusive" relationship and get right into another "abusive" relationship. You need to explore why and what you can do to change it. good luck.

[Hugo-B]

The Government defines domestic violence as

"Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality."