Hell hath no fury…like a man carrying feelings
IF you ask men what they fear most in a relationship, their answer will most likely be “getting bun”. And that’s the plain truth. While a man can lose all his material possessions and work three times as hard to regain, if he is wholly invested in a relationship and is cheated on or maligned, his ego — a big part of what men rely on in relationships — is destroyed.
As a follow-up from our story in which men shared the moment they knew the phrase “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” was true, All Woman asked women to share their stories of men’s wrath.
Janelle W, 34:
When my sister broke up with her boyfriend he would show up at her workplace, and anywhere else she was, and threaten her. He even got an illegal gun and showed her, telling her he wasn’t afraid to go to jail.
Shelly I, 50:
There was a man I grew up with whose wife wanted to leave him, and so he rubbed garlic on a knife and sliced her face open.
Doris W, 49:
I know a man who brought his friends to beat up his girlfriend after she tried to leave him, and when they realised what he wanted them to do they refused. He then beat her with a police baton until the skin on her bottom burst.
Pamela, 49:
I had just bought my house in Portmore two decades ago when I met this guy, a truck driver, who promised to help me install new fixtures and paint and tile it. I reluctantly agreed, and he spent quite a bit of money on tiles, carpeting, lighting, kitchen fixtures and landscaping. We dated for about two years and then it started to fizzle, as I had graduated school with my second degree by then and was doing well in my job and rubbing shoulders with people more on my social level. Eventually I told him that it wasn’t working out, and that’s when he flipped. He pulled a gun on me and told me that he wanted back his investment. I had to rip up every tile, unscrew every fixture, and even dig up the zoyzia grass and the plants outside that he wanted back. He came with a truck and took everything, leaving the house bare. And even after that, for about a couple months after, he would call at all hours of the night and park on my street to watch me until I had to involve the police.
Liz P, 30:
I told his family members that he wasn’t contributing to his child and he went berserk and started intimidating me, saying I must make the male friends that drop me home play stepfather role.
Olivia D, 42:
I had this neighbour who would always mistreat his wife and she decided she was going to leave. She had a very structured life in that she would take cash from her account on Sunday afternoons and that would cover her up till Saturday, then she’d repeat the process. Their business was all over the community and I guess he felt bad when someone told him he was a worthless man who kept abusing the lady. Well, it seems he got word that she was planning to leave and early one Sunday morning he took her bank cards, cut them up, tossed her stuff in the middle of the street and beat her for all to see. So he basically threw her out and ensured he destroyed physical access to her money. This was before third-party transfers existed and when technology was far slower, so she ended up staying with another neighbour who helped her get back the cards and search for and secure the first month’s rent in her new home.
Joan S, 51:
When I left my husband he came to my workplace, took me away against my will, and raped me.
