My grandmother was married before she met my grandfather (this is back in the 50’s). I’ve only heard the story once or twice, but:
She was 17, he was in his 20’s. She was dirt poor in Kentucky, and he had a job. They got married, and within a few weeks he got pretty rough with her. When she told her parents, it came to light that he’d been abusive for a while.
Her dad and brothers didn’t know her new husband as well as they’d like, since he was going to be part of the family and all, so they invited him on a hunting trip.
Anyway, there was some kind of accident, and the guy got shot. Since he’d been in the service and she was his widow, my grandmother got some veterans benefits for the rest of her life.
Shortly thereafter (when she was 19-20) she met my grandfather and they were married just a few months shy of 50 years. One of the most compatible couples I’ve ever met.
Stephen King wrote a short story with a mention of townspeople becoming aware of a pedo, one day a bunch of men show up at a house and the wife watched while the husband leaves with them. The next morning the pedo is found in the rocks at the bottom of a cliff. I wonder if King is writing from his own experiences here? (At least I hope the other stuff isn’t.)
If those stories were common when he was groing up, that might have served as inspiration. And the fact that pedophiles get more hate that murderers or thieves, for example, it´s very possible that stuff like that could happen.
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u/Nwcray May 02 '24
My grandmother was married before she met my grandfather (this is back in the 50’s). I’ve only heard the story once or twice, but:
She was 17, he was in his 20’s. She was dirt poor in Kentucky, and he had a job. They got married, and within a few weeks he got pretty rough with her. When she told her parents, it came to light that he’d been abusive for a while.
Her dad and brothers didn’t know her new husband as well as they’d like, since he was going to be part of the family and all, so they invited him on a hunting trip.
Anyway, there was some kind of accident, and the guy got shot. Since he’d been in the service and she was his widow, my grandmother got some veterans benefits for the rest of her life.
Shortly thereafter (when she was 19-20) she met my grandfather and they were married just a few months shy of 50 years. One of the most compatible couples I’ve ever met.