I have a 3" scar on the side of my face going out from my eye towards my ear, because my step-father decided that at 19 years old, he was finaly going to put a stop to me going out, and staying in another house.
Story---
I say, "hey going now see you later"
He says "you aren't going out"
I say, "uh, what do you mean?"
He says"you aren't stepping one foot out of this house"
I say, "dude, you are fucking insane"
He proceeds to punch me around the head repeatedly, me requiring 9 stiches.
Oh, yeah, I was going HOME to MY APARTMENT, I moved out when I was 17 (because of shit like that), he _was_ insane, i swear. He subsequently has been diagnosed with schitsophrenia, broaught on by stress. So, it wasn't "him" that hit me. But, I know, that he was venting fruistration, and wanted to exert power over me.
My mother was so afraid of my step-father, that she endured 16 years of marriage (only 8 while he had his "condition")
MMO's and battered children... yay