Creepy uncle gives the "If you hurt her" speech
Brian Clark and his girlfriend Deanna Mayhew have been seriously dating for seven months. Recently at Mayhew's parents house, celebrating the birthday of Mayhew's three-year-old nephew, Clark was approached by Mayhew's creepy uncle Jack and given the "If you hurt her" speech.
"I was stunned," said Clark. As Clark tells is, he just getting some leftover birthday cake in the kitchen when Uncle Jack approached him. "He basically said 'if you hurt her, I'll kill you' or something like that. I mean I've heard that from friends of girls I've dated, but this was just weird."
Psychologist Betty Masters describes the pattern thusly: normally the "if you hurt her" speech is delivered by someone who has feelings for the woman in question, or by her brother if they have gone through some shared emotional trauma such as a divorce. When it's delivered by and uncle or a father, that is just plain weird."
Clark and Mayhew have no immediate plans to tell Uncle Jack that they are moving in together for fear that Uncle Jack will check in periodically. Deanna Mayhew declined comment for this story.
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"I was stunned," said Clark. As Clark tells is, he just getting some leftover birthday cake in the kitchen when Uncle Jack approached him. "He basically said 'if you hurt her, I'll kill you' or something like that. I mean I've heard that from friends of girls I've dated, but this was just weird."
Psychologist Betty Masters describes the pattern thusly: normally the "if you hurt her" speech is delivered by someone who has feelings for the woman in question, or by her brother if they have gone through some shared emotional trauma such as a divorce. When it's delivered by and uncle or a father, that is just plain weird."
Clark and Mayhew have no immediate plans to tell Uncle Jack that they are moving in together for fear that Uncle Jack will check in periodically. Deanna Mayhew declined comment for this story.
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