Goodness Martin... Don't you think that if you're paranoid that your wife might be interested in another man, you could talk about it with her instead of jumping to conclusions right off the bat? Don't you think the possibility existed that she was admiring the beach or the boat itself rather than him? Everything he did to try to succeed in his goal only served to set himself up for failure.
shareMartin was psychotic. He wasn't looking for the rationale explanations. Someone moved on "his property" so he retaliated.
shareAre abusers typically deluded idiots though when it comes to not looking for reasonable explanations? It seems that the opinion is of that they are more psychopathic then deluded in the long wrong. In fact, Martin seemed to have talent in a few of his more questionable actions (expertise as posing as a cop to question Laura's mother, etc..) that made it seem like he was a sociopath. If so, then him hitting Laura would have been more to "teach her a lesson" rather than pure outrage, as if he planned it.
shareYes. Abusers are deluded. It's their way or no way.
shareI agree, it has nothing to do with his intellect, it was about asserting his control.
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