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Today my collegue got slapped by her boyfriend in public.

So many passerbys stopped to stare.

After running back to us in tears while holding her hand to her cheek and seeking shelter in the kitchen , she actually forgave him and went to meet him after hiding for 30 mins.

WTF.

It isn't the first time her boyfriend had laid his hands on her before . She had come to work on numerous occasions with angry bruises or the evidence of being grabbed violently by a strong hand.

She confided to me that once while clubbing with him and their friends , she got slightly tipsy and this apparently infuriated him so he pulled her into a toilet cubicle where he whacked her and even almost flung a dustbin at her, if not for the bouncer's intervention.

I looked at her and couldn't fathom how her boyfriend , all of 1.8m and brawn , could even bear to lay hands on her petite little body. She's slightly less than 1.5m.

While bearing in mind that women that women are definitely creatures capable of pissing their partners off , NEVER EVER should a man hurt her physically.

And to think that not so long ago before the slapping incident occured i was just fawning over how sweet a couple was , with their hands entwined under the table while engaging in lively banter.

I swear to god , if i ever see another sign of abuse on her , i'm gonna call the cops.