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This is whyhe's my EX husband

2005 Reader Submission
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At one point, yes, I was married to this man. After two years of marriage I had seen my husband do some very dumb things. I was not at hand the day this happened, but my neighbor gave me the details (the husband was still unconcious in the hospital). Apparently my husband, I'll call him 'Eric' decided to work on our ancient Chevy Blazer. After a couple of hours of fussing around and cursing, he jacked up the car and started working underneath. My neighbor still doesn't understand what prompted him to do this next bit of stupidity. He got out from under the truck and started the engine. And then proceeded to get back underneath the vehicle. My neighbor's presence of mind here is unbelievable. She actually got her phone and stood at the window watching Eric. Naturally, the Blazer fell. On his head. Luckily (or not so luckily) the diligent nieghbor called the paramedics. He did end up laying under the truck for a full 20 minutes with the exhaust pipe laying against his face. He now has a lovely scar running from under his chin up to his right ear and across his cheek as a reminder of this mis-adventure. We divorced soon after.

Submitted on 04/15/2005

Submitted by: Amanda
Reference: personal account

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Daniel said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
Stupid, but...

Kelly said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
And you married this man in the first place why?

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I'm neutual on this, but we've given PAs for less reason, so let's see how the readers vote.

Charles said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I'll go with Jack on this one.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Personal Account
If you see a man with a scar, stay around, it may be a DA in action!

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