"The consequence of love biting"

Man strangles woman over a hickey -- yes, a HICKEY.

But don't fret, she's still alive.

Police responded to complaints about a disturbance at a Sheboygan apartment around 8:30 p.m. Friday and found the victim with dried blood on her lip and scratches around her neck.

She told police Jerome M. Lucious Jr. of Sheboygan strangled her with both hands and threatened to kill her after she questioned him about a hickey on his neck and slapped him.

Lucious admitted that he threw the victim against the wall Friday and put his hands around her throat after she slapped him, according to The Sheboygan Press. "

Now before I read the story I thought that this fool attacked her for leaving a hickey on him -- I was thinking she was the other woman and he didn't want his main one to find out. Then I read on and see that the reasoning behind his madness is much, much lamer. All she did was ask about the miniature neck bruise and homie went apeshit. It saddens me.

There goes another 21-year-old who had a world of opportunity waiting for him. . .

*cough* okay, maybe not. He was actually a repeat offender and is now facing seven years in prison and three years on probation. Tsk, tsk. If I'm getting strangled for asking about a hickey then I'm sorry, I guess we're both dying that night because there's no way. . .& the truly disturbing part of this is that there's a good chance the victim will go back to him.

"When the joke's on you"

Remember back in Elementary school when you had pretend marraiges that only lasted from recess until last period? How about just high school freshman year flings? You look back at some of those pictures and remember how cute that person was then but now they look like they've been through a thing or two.

Now imagine that when you two were "married" back in the day it was sorta, kinda, official. .

A 14 year old girl has become the youngest ever to get divorced in Israel - after a rabbinical court ruled that a joke marriage ceremony she'd taken part in was valid.

The girl got accidentally married to a 17-year-old boy after joking around in the schoolyard. The boy recited the Jewish marriage ritual, declared her his wife, and she then accepted a ring from him - in front of witnesses.

Israel's Rabbinical Courts ruled that this - along with what they described as the consummation of the marriage - was enough to make them officially wed. " [Source - It happened in the UK]

That's a little much, but why go through the trouble of planning a mock ceremony without looking up all the facts? Surely she should have had some idea about what she was getting herself into.

Being divorced at 14 is not cute. I'm sure it gives you premature wrinkles or something.

"Another teacher behind bars"

Teacher Jailed, Accused of Sex With Student

GREENWOOD, S.C. — An Upstate middle school teacher remained jailed Monday after being charged with having sex with a student.

Angel Simmons Lindle, 37, was arrested Friday and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor.At a hearing Saturday morning, her bond was set at $126,000.

Lindle has been suspended from her job as a seventh-grade teacher at Edgewood Middle School in Greenwood County. She had been on medical leave since September.

According to warrants, Lindle admitted to having a sexual relationship with the student, a a 15-year-old boy.Police said the encounters happened numerous times in Greenwood and McCormick counties from August 2008 until last week, at motels, at Lindle’s home, and in parked vehicles.Investigators said they were alerted when someone called authorities to complain about the relationship." [Source - Greenville News]

I can't help but think that this would be a much bigger outrage if the 15-year-old boy was a 15-year-old girl. Granted, statutory rape any way you look at it is wrong - but I feel like more people would be attacking this woman's name if the sexes were reversed. Someone mentioned this at OHN and there might be some truth to that.