Dear Girija:

I said that you are already hurting, you agreed and recalled this scene from a movie: “The hero slaps the comedian and says, ‘I’ll make you ask for more slaps’. The comedian says, ‘there’s no way I’ll ask, since it hurts’. The hero then takes out his belt and the comedian goes, ‘ok let’s go back to the slaps” –

– all the comedian needed to do to avoid being slapped or hit with a belt was to walk away from the man who slapped him, instead of entering a conversation with him and negotiating the lesser evil.

“My life is wrong. But if I go somewhere to correct it, will it turn worse?“- if the comedian asked you this question, would your answer be: If you go elsewhere so to correct your physical abuse situation, someone may hit you with a big rock, so better you stay just where you are and get hit with a belt. Maybe that nice man with the belt will be nice to you and agree to only slap you?

anita