Quote Originally Posted by M&M's Mommy
She kept telling me that had she stop talking back at him & left the room before he could get to the point of hitting her, she could have prevented it from happening. She thinks she must have provoked him somehow, otherwise he wouldn't be hurting her.

Ah...........the common misconseption of a battered person: "If only I had............"

No matter how hard you try, it will never be good enough for them.

She needs to get out now, and fast.