My father was verbally abusive which always includes emotional abuse. How can you verbally abuse without being emotionally abusive? He prepared me to be a victim of domestic abuse as well as if he'd opened a book and taught me. I didn't know it was wrong because it was all I had heard and there was no warning that sounded when I heard it from a man...any man.

It sends chills down my spine when I hear it in public but I don't get involved. There are too many crazy people out there. I will step in if there is a young child involved however.