July 21, 2011
Most people who find themselves in a bad marriage either want to fix it or end it. A spouse asking for a divorce is either a relief or a cause for sorrow. Then there is this guy, who loved his wife so much that he would rather kill her than divorce her.
I am failing to see the upside here.
Nowhere is there an indication that he wanted to kill her to keep his assets. If that was his intention, the clumsy setup virtually assured he would never get away with it. Even if he killed his wife, then carefully disconnected everything and hid all signs of foul play, how did this guy plan to explain his wife’s condition? Toaster accidentally fall into the bathtub?
So we have a bad marriage and a man unable to cope with it. Apparently the man saw only two options.
Option One: Divorce. Unacceptable.
Option Two: Murder. Acceptable.
Does this man believe in the sanctity of marriage to such an extent that he is willing to kill to defend it?
Is it better to be a jailed murderer than a free divorced man?
The question is Imponderable.
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Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
Divorce is a sin. I don’t envy him his difficult ethical dilemma.
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I hope he can find wisdom at http://EffectualAgents.org
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Good questions. I think the guy has ego/anger issues. And a homemade electric chair? Where did that idea come from??
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There are some humans who shouldn’t be married. Sometimes the obvious types, who like to cat around & go to clubs & flirt behind their partner’s backs, I’m not just talking males or females, but both. & there are the quiet, unassuming types who murder their spouses in their sleep then dispose of the corpses in a convenient vat of acid or wood – chipper.
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All too true. Wood chippers can be perfectly innocent, but if your spoouse has a vat of acid at the ready, I’d reconsider the wedding.
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Or if they have scorpions, tarantulas, boa constrictors, etc., as pets, & / or they’re good at taxidermy & their last name is Bates….. & it’s not their 1st marriage.
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& the types who are no good from Day One, that abuse their spouses or are abusive even before the marriage. There are more MALE victims of abuse coming forward now.
I don’t know if I’d make a good husband, but that’s only because of a crappy credit – rating, history of being an impulse buyer, & non – existent organizational skill. Let’s see eHarmony find me a mate that w / willingly put up with THAT !!
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If you find her we may have to fight over her.
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She’s going to be genetically engineered, or barring that, designed or mass – produced in a robotics / android factory. Screw eHarmony….. 😉
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I’ve been trying to come up with some sort of feasible answer for how he was going to make this all work – the best I can do is that he’d set her body beside some frayed stereo wiring and claim that, like many cats I’ve owned, she enjoyed chewing at the cabling.
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He would need a giant litterbox and hundreds of little wind-up mice in his bed to make that story work.
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Do you think he would consider renting it out? You know, like the tool rentals at Home Depot?
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There’s probably a nice little story here about a guy who drives from town to town with his homemade electric chair, luring cheating spouses into the seat for a cut of the assets.
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Talk about being pushed to the edge!
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