[Silver_Wolf_Kitty]

I strongly disagree with you that they should be left to work it out and I refuse to stand by her decision, even if I continue to support her as a fellow abused woman. That's like saying every abused woman should only speak to her abuser about the situation because it only involves them. When someone is abused, their family, friends, police, and sometimes even the media will get involved, with good reason: to get them to safety and to expose just how bad of a problem domestic violence is. Abuse victims very rarely make well informed decisions about their abuser, which is why it is necessary for her to be getting this kind of attention. Its this light on the issue which could get Rihanna into a safer situation far away from him because, quite frankly, the extremity of the situation suggests he has hit her before and she has simply taken it. Its not a relationship at this point in time, its warped love and fear.

Also, this exposes a big problem with abused women returning to their abusers and suggests that the system needs to be changed to prevent this.