I met Stanley during my junior year of college.

My family was poor, and I had to work multiple part-time jobs to pay for tuition and living expenses.

My mother had run off with someone else when I was very young, and my father, mentally scarred, would get worse every time he drank.

By the time I was in college, his condition had worsened further. Not only could he not support my education, but he also constantly beat and scolded me, even trying to force me to drop out.

He would yell at me, "Women who are too educated will just run off with other men. Stay home and behave."...