"Anger and intolerance
are the enemies of correct understanding"
Mahatma Gandhi
My ex-husband was a controlling man, yet he was always 'out of control'.
Anger was used often and in a threatening and demeaning way.
His anger was either directed towards me, the children, other people, or even objects that were in his way.
He would become angry if the traffic lights would stay red for too long, and he would abuse the traffic lights from the inside of the car.
The kids and I were the only ones that heard his abuse, and it was every time he was behind the wheel.
The kids would then become stressed and play up, then he would start yelling at them for making too much noise.
He was always in a rush to get somewhere, and he hated slow drivers.
The Big Black Dodge Ram
I think he had a liking for BIG BLACK THINGS
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He was the master of the road, stating many times over the twenty years we were together, that he was the best driver in the country.
What I would hear most often in the car;
"Women Drivers are the Worse Drivers in the World".
I was very nervous driving when he was the passenger, so I seldom drove when he was in the car. I would only make mistakes which would make matters worse, so then, I would have to listen to insults about my driving, while I was driving.
I never had a problem driving when he wasn't in the car. I often used the car to take the kids to their sport games, and for outings during the weekends. For most outing it was just the kids and I, he would stay home to relax, or he would be away on courses, training, or deployments.
The road rage was also a problem on his motorbike. He believed that drivers in cars where inconsideration to motorbike riders. If a car didn't see him, and 'cut him off' he would come up along the side of the car and kick the driver's wing mirror off.
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