By Nora FitzGerald, Special for USA TODAYKLIN, Russia — Olga Torgunakova lived for two months in the Lyubava Center, a women's shelter with four beds in this city 50 miles northwest of Moscow.Now, Torgunakova, 23, and her 4-year-old son have moved in with her mother, invalid father and two younger sisters. Torgunakova, who says her husband frequently humiliated and threatened her during their five-year marriage, has obtained a divorce with the shelter's help.
She says the psychological abuse tu... |
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C hris Crytzer loves theater, everything from children's productions to traveling Broadway companies.
Her husband, Robert, enjoys watching sports of all kinds on TV and in person.
They love each other but aren't equally passionate about each other's pastimes. So they often socialize separately with friends who share their special interests.
"It's always been that way, and it works out great," says Crytzer, 41, of Robinson, Pa. "Then you can come back (together) and have different experienc... |