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Please write your initials with the Red Marker... (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2020 OP
WOW. That is some good thinking there. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2020 #1
Excellent idea!❤ Karadeniz Jan 2020 #2
Absolutely ingenious idea! Talitha Jan 2020 #3
Great idea! Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #4
That bothered me a lot too. KentuckyWoman Jan 2020 #8
Yes EndlessWire Jan 2020 #5
However, I am sure abusers are seeing this on twitter as well and are smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #6
Going into the bathroom with them would be a huge red flag and not allowed. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #7

Ms. Toad

(34,086 posts)
4. Great idea!
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 05:25 PM
Jan 2020

When I go with either my daughter or my spouse to the doctor, they always ask about feeling safe at home - in my presence. That doesn't do a lot of good if I'm the person they are afraid of.

KentuckyWoman

(6,690 posts)
8. That bothered me a lot too.
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 04:10 PM
Jan 2020

My husband was sick a long time before he passed. I would step out near the end of every doc appointment. Initially, I did it because of that question... later I realized there's some issues a man doesn't want to discuss in front of his wife when it gets ugly like that.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. However, I am sure abusers are seeing this on twitter as well and are
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 03:57 PM
Jan 2020

now clued in as to what the person they are abusing might be seeing when they go in to give a specimen so they will either insist on following them in to the bathroom or will prevent them from going to a clinic/physician altogether. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to post on social media.

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