Not necessarily, but they could be, and IMO that is too much of a risk to take even once. (Sorry, bup, but even if I could show that it’s happened just one time, I’d say it’s too much of a risk to take.)
I am not generally in favor of parental kidnapping, but in this case he might well be justified (not legally, but morally IMO) in taking the child from that home and fleeing before one or both of them end up in the hospital or dead. (This is given the small scenario we have here; there’s no assurance that he’s telling the truth about this.)
I don’t think Dr. Laura should be advocating walking into potentially dangerous situations.
pesch, he intoned that he was religious. Whether he came right out and said it I can’t recall, but he did have time during the Dr. Laura rampage to say that he had been brought up to believe that marriage lasts forever and he couldn’t believe he was now divorced.
Make of that what you will, however I believe he wants to get back together because he thinks HE failed in some way. He’s not in love with his wife, he’s stuck on what he believes the definition of marriage is.