Very well said! As one saying goes, "Time heals all wounds". But I guess in this situation that applies to the physical pain the girl felt when the guy slapped her. As for the emotional scar that the guy endured and may still be enduring, it will definitely take a while (if at all possible) before he gets over it. Thanks for responding!

Oh, you're welcome... Seen the situation with a friend before, my friend cheated on her boyfriend and he hurt her in return. I just saw the situation clearly... Thanks for the "Best Response".

You deserved it!

And people like this, who continue to condone violence, are the reason we'll never stop it. You see it as 'just a slap' because he was angry. How is that any different than the man who abuses his wife, because he was angry? It's a reaction to his feelings, so that makes it alright?

It's absolutely heartbreaking to see people continue to push violence by condoning it. People like the both of you, by making excuses for it, are partially to to blame for the next woman who earns herself black eyes when her husband has a bad day. You allow and encourage the behavior by defending it, even in the smallest of instances.

Whether he was hurt or not is not an excuse to assault someone. People get hurt all the time, no one is exempt. Should we all go and hit the people who make us angry? Yep, that'll solve everything.

Bottom line. The girl cheated on him, the guy assaulted the girl. Why is his action excused while hers isn't? Says a lot about your thinking, doesn't it?

Hi there, it saddens me to know that you are somewhat irritated with my response. You should know however that everybody's entitled to his/her own opinion. I respect what you believe, the least you can do is respect mine.

I am not an advocate of violence. Maybe you don't know what it is to live in violence but I was a battered wife 5 years ago, I had it all, punches, slaps and was even thrown at the door by my ex-husband. He was violent to the T and he never have the right to do such crime to me because he was never there when my Mom and Dad nurtured me from conception to my 21st year in earth. No, you had it wrong when you accused me of advocating violence, that is such a laughable accusation.

However, we live in a world of reasons and varieties. What might be reasonable to one isn't reasonable to someone else. My drunk husband might find it reasonable to hurt me because he wants to, I found no reason at all except that he's violent and a gay for hurting a woman. Nope, we don't know every reason in every person's mind but you have no right anyway to judge a person's action.

Sigh, this is just a proof that we can't please everybody. What pleases the owner of this discussion won't please other members... It's ok, I understand, I respect your point of view and I admire you for taking a stand. God bless...