Life has not been kind to Wisconsin State Representative Don Pridemore.

First they freed the slaves, then Elvis died, then the Rat Pack dissolved, then they stopped letting you blow your cigarette smoke in people’s faces, then women got all uppity, then Mick Jagger got invented, then we elected a black President, then there was child labor laws, then … did I mention the uppity women thing?

In Wisconsin a Republican state representative has come out against divorce for any reason — even domestic abuse.

Instead of leaving an abusive situation, women should try to remember the things they love about their husbands, Representative Don Pridemore said.

That there is some dandy advice.  When he comes in at 2:00 in the morning with liquor on his breath, humping on his mind, and a baseball bat in his hand, just take a deep breath and remember that he sent you flowers in 1989.

And, Pridemore’s co-heart in the Wisconsin State Senate, Republican Neanderthal Glenn Grothman, adds something else women need to think about while getting whipped up on —

“There’s been a huge change over the last 30 years, and a lot of that change has been the choice of the women,” Grothman said.

Ironic that Grothman’s statement was meant to degrade women, but sounds like something we should take a bow for.

Thanks to Carl and Claudia for the heads-up.