So, just as a side note, I was reading an article in the current Cosmo called "Murdered by the Groom?" It's about sick guys who marry these women and them kill them on their honeymoon. One woman was forced by her fiance to take SCUBA diving lessons, even though she felt extremely uncomfortable. On their honeymoon, her maniacal hubby took her to the Great Barrier Reef, where they went diving. While 40 feet down, he was seen to give her a "bear hug," turning off her oxygen supply, and killed her.
Another man, named Shrien, hired men in South Africa to carjack him and his new wife on their honeymoon and then shoot his wife in the head.
Ok...the whole point of me piggy backing my story of the Knee High Boots with this is that we should all try to be a little cautious when getting to know someone and try not to ignore the warning signs.
The warning signs Cosmo mentions are as follows:
1. Obsession: sometimes a woman's insecurities can make her more vulnerable to these predators, and obsession can be mis-interpreted as devotion. This sounds a bit familiar to me.....Asshole seemed a little bit obsessed with me...always wanting to spend his free time with me, wanting to know where I was and what I was up to, etc
2. Is he distancing himself from your family: The husbands in these cases tended to avoid the bride's family.
3. Trying to seclude you from your family and friends.
4. Possessiveness. They say that these crimes are fueled by extreme love and hate. "Spouse killers often go from love and possessive desire one moment to rage and hostility the next." "It's the intense mix of love and hate that fuels the killing."
5. Narcissism: They are convinced that they can get away with it.
I'm glad I didn't wait around to see if Asshole was a Honeymoon killer or not.
Until next time,
Reaching for Reefs
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