Oh, oh, I think we have crossed wires a little. Wait. Re-set.

Did you think I was asking about sleeping on the couch because I've accepted something like: women routinely ask men to sleep on the couch and it is culturally accepted and (hahah) no big deal ?

Kinda like accepting that Ralph Kramden's casual threats of beating were just cute and funny. No doubt a lot of folks come from there.

Like that article from the Post-Gazette! (Thanks, it was great!)

Oh, crap, so, I'm from outer space.

That wasn't my context. I'm down with this story, I clappppped this story, because I think woman-on-man emotional abuse/violence happens all the time. And we have to talk about it a lot.

I was really asking the question more like a robot from outer space . . . is commanding someone (any gender) to sleep on the couch (any gender) a reliable indicator of abuse? Does context matter? Discuss.

(God I'm laughing, because did we just talk past each other? I'm so sorry. I'm E.T.)