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Falling In Love With Wolfman

Her family was singing and laughing, blue grass music fanatics. They were knee-slappers, land loving, happy-to-be semantics. She ran off in the middle of the night with a sweet talking man. He tried to take her light, delighted in putting her down into a can. She was in a dark place, not allowed to have a thought or a song. Everything she did was done to build him up, but it was all wrong. He pushed and he prodded, he made fun and he put her down all the time. Her songs were less frequent, she forgot how to smile or rhyme. He was a mean man, a sadist, a pouter, a pig. He kept her hidden away. She kept praying God would save her. She prayed to be rescued every day. He told her she was stupid, dumb, never did anything correctly, was always wrong. She thought about her family, and their love for playing, laughing, and their song. She wished they would find her, but he had hidden her quite well I am afraid. She spent the rest of her life, dreaming of what she had missed, being his slave and maid. She tried to please him every single day, earning his displeasure, and pouts he never tried to hide. Wolfman had her so well brainwashed, she never realized she could have gotten away if she had tried.

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Date: 2/17/2019 10:06:00 AM
Beautiful, Caren, great write and fantastic imagery . Shame women or allowed to be treated that way, but some men are treated the same way by their wives. Hugs Eve~`*
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 2/17/2019 11:38:00 AM
Some men are, this is true, but the worst abusers, the ones who kill the most often are the men. Statistics have proved this. I have met many women who were isolated by Wolfmen, and they are chipped away at little by little until they have given away all of their power. It is a pity. Usually isolated from friends and family.
Date: 2/16/2019 10:02:00 PM
Whew, intense; I need to have a talk with her.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 2/17/2019 12:04:00 AM
You will not be able to. The abusers always isolate their victims. They encourage them to get rid of all family and friends as "proof of their love", and then after they isolate them completely, the real "work" begins.

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