Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Ms. Palmer needs to leave the relationship and if the confrontation is explained away it will occur while the partners work at strengthening their relationship while apart.

Ms. Palmer stayed. Many women and abused men are looking at her and listening to her rational and finding a reason to stay as well. Ms. Palmer is wrong. People have to know she is wrong. Her attack is on tape and now the couple faces a loss of income. I wouldn't simply state Americans have the right to criticize institutions that look the other way as policy. The is wrong and the institutions have to change their policies.

The victim has to come to terms with her sincere status, too. Currently, Ms. Palmer is in complete denial and what worries me more is the fact Mr. Rice might expect his fans and others will explain away the confrontation and he may return to the NFL. If that is what is buoying the couples relationship, what happens to Ms. Palmer when that doesn't occur? 

What brings me to that concern? One of her statements is "We still love all the fans in Raven's Land." It makes no sense. He is suspended indefinitely. She is in denial and pandering to those that would have power as fans. It was the fans that brought the NFL to it's knees, why would they seek to continue their relationship with what was once their hero?

When Ms. Palmer is found to have sustained an injury that caused her to become unconscious and the event is on tape; she is taking responsibility for her attack. She aggravated it. Anyone assessing the circumstances would state that the criminal charges against Mr. Rice would carry an aggravated descriptor. That doesn't mean she is at fault. It means she aggravated his attack, but, it was his attack. 

She is taking responsibility for his behavior. That is profound denial. What she doesn't realize is her behavior is in response to his part of the relationship. They were verbally tussling before and after they entered the elevator. That is all part of it. It is not a healthy relationship and love won't heal them. If they sincerely want this marriage they need to work at it outside the relationship in order to honestly look at it safely without fear of the violence occurring. The relationship triggers these events. It is not healthy. If she received a concussion or head injury by an accident would she want to repeat it?

Separation by a couple is very threatening, especially in violent relationships because THE CONTROL and the receipt of THE CONTROL is gone. If a couple is sincerely in longing for a strong marriage, separation is nothing if they are truly partners. Separation cures and increases the longing for healing. It then encourages different behavior, if they are capable of it, to prevent any of the reasons that caused them to reach a point of intolerance of each other.