[headsplice]

After reading this particular thread, and polking through the other thread there are two things that I realized:
-1)Being single isn't all that bad. I only have to deal with my shit. Even when I'm alone on a Friday night.
-2)I never want to be a cop intervening in a domestic disturbance situation. Elspode mentioned it: as soon as the gloves came off and folks started talking honestly about what is, seemingly, a screwed up relationship, Mr/Mrs.StaceyV banded together and started attacking the folks that she had asked for help from.

One last note, Mr.StaceyV, if some random comments made by folks that you have absolutely no relationship with make you feel like someone has 'spit on your soul,' you'd best get a tad thicker skin, because living in the States is not gonna be easy for you.