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As to the ML - starting out, he didn't really like women or understand them (the old, "I was married to a total b*&%$, so all women are like that). Luckily, he got better, and was pretty humble when begging her pardon.
I can't understand how the supposed "ex" got away with what he did to her, using her and then rubbing her nose in it. She has three brothers. If some POS did that to my sister, I'd ride his head down a long flight of concrete steps.