That's you. What about the other guy? Did he learn his lesson, change his ways and come to your house with flowers in hand and apologies on his lips?
Or did he just turn around and hate some more, maybe even stepping up the level of violence?
I get how it makes you feel, brother. I just don't think it's the way.
Oh, I came to terms with that shit years ago, it's why I never (ok,
rarely) lay hands on someone in that capacity. When I was in my 20s, a friend of mine informed me that a guy I'd smacked around and humiliated a few nights earlier had apparently went home, no doubt filled with shame and misplaced rage, and took it all out on his wife/family.
I get how it makes you feel, brother.
It's not as if 'releasing' in that way feels good or in any way pleasurable at the time, but as I said, if the lowlife in question sets off
all sensors/triggers, I simply
no longer care at that point.
There have been several occasions where I held back only to avoid dying in prison.