Billy Joel Domestic Violence

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After recently separating from his wife Katie Lee, Billy Joel is now dating soap actress Alex Donnelley. According to New York Post, Alex Donnelley and Billy Joel met through friends backstage at his recent Washington DC concert. An insider reports that "the two hit it off immediately." Billy Joel Now Dating Alex Donnelley: Life and Career Singer-songwriter Billy Joel, 60, has consistently produced Top 10 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. He is a five-time Grammy Award winner and member of the Songwriter 's Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Although he retired from pop music recording in 1993, "Piano Man" Billy Joel continues to tour, sometimes with Elton John. Billy Joel was born in the …show more content…

It is estimated that 1 out of every three relationships has abusive behaviors, including harassing phone calls, texts or IMs isolation from friends or family, physical violence or sexual abuse, put downs and other forms of emotional abuse. The violence stems from a need for one person in the relationship to have power and control over the other person. This is the same dynamic in domestic violence relationships. The relationship starts in a whirlwind. Often the abusive partner comes on strongly and quickly giving the partner lots of attention. Then, as time goes by, the attention gets more persistent. Isolation begins. "If you love me, you don 't need anyone else" is a message that the abuser states quite clearly, manipulating the other partner to spend less and less time with friends and family, while simultaneously eroding the support system of the victim. Incidents of abuse follow the same cycle as domestic violence. The tension is felt in the relationship, where the abuser makes demands and the partner attempts to keep him or her happy. Often this phase is described by survivors of intimate partner violence as "walking on eggshells". This leads to the battering incident, where the abuse occurs. Then, afterward, the abuser is apologetic. He or she may promise it will never happen again. This is referred to as the "honeymoon" stage, and is used to keep the victim in the …show more content…

Maybe they live in a remote location or in a big city where everyone seems to be preoccupied with the hustle and bustle of their lives. There is the view that some of these sites are full of weird people looking for victims but this is not always the case. Sometimes the notion of being chatted up or chatting someone up in a bar is far from ideal and sometimes quite difficult and off putting, especially if you are a bit shy. I am sure that in certain cases the internet can be very rewarding for finding love but do people really tell the truth about themselves. I have noticed that there are thousands of Russian women desperate to find love outside their own country and presumably to find a husband. So what are the Russian men like? Not wanting to put them in a stereotypical pigeon hole, are they all that unworthy, or is it just that the grass is greener. I think that it is a medium that has its benefits and know of people who have found a partner that way. There is, of course, the question that if a person cannot find a partner through conventional means, is there something wrong with them. Or do they scare a partential suitors off. But that, I feel, is a bit of a cynical viewpoint. In today 's society, so much emphasis is put on what their outward appearance is. Maybe a shallow concept, but one that is very much a part of life today. If someone wants to find a partner through