Hey Gott, that 1st story was rather sad to read. I'm surprised though at the husband. I'm not talking about big man protecting little women, but as spouses I've always felt your supposed to look out for one another. What I do know is if my partner was being humiliated in public I couldn't just sit and watch. Luckily I wouldn't have to as Colleens a rather formidable women.
This writers experience is nasty reading, made even more so when her Husband is introduced to this prick and he does and says nothing. I'm not saying he had to get physical, but letting him know he'd overstepped and still being polite wasn't impossible.