but its got my vote. lol

Is "The Play" really already taken or is that another joke that sailed way over my head.

I know it's more complicated than that. Generally women who subject themselves to domestic abuse came from a history of child abuse - and child abuse really, really fucks up a person's subconscious. The child's subconscious associates a parent's abuse (sexual, physical, or verbal) with a parent's love (I believe), and without some kind of professional help most people in those circumstances have a very, very difficult time fighting that subconscious control.

Consciously, they know that they deserve better and that they shouldn't be subjecting themselves to this crap, but subconsciously they crave it because they have been conditioned since childhood to believe that they deserve to not only be treated abusively, but to be loved through abuse.

That's why childhood victims of sexual abuse often seek out or constantly find themselves in sexually unhealthy relationships or emotionally dry relationships (which is often rationalized with phrases like "why do I always end up in relationships that have no chance... I know I don't want that!"), victims of childhood verbal abuse often inexplicably find themselves with people who constantly tear them down, and why victims of childhood physical abuse often inexplicably find themselves with partners who beat them - and why all of these victims can't seem to figure out why a) it keeps happening, or 2) they can't leave the person.

The real tragedy is that without treatment - and most of these people don't realize that they even need treatment - these are the same people who most often, when they have children, become child-abusers.

The same people also often manifest their trauma in other ways. It increases your chances for addiction, elevates suicidal or "cutting" tendencies, can result in chronic asocial or socially destructive activity, and plenty of things I'm not thinking of. It shouldn't be surprising to find that most true Sadists and Masochists have histories of abuse as children.

But these aren't generally - and are almost never - simply gullible or stupid people. Most of them realize that something is wrong and do not consciously like the positions they put themselves in. It's just that subconscious psychological damage during your developmental years is unbelievably difficult to overcome, and near impossible if you don't understand what you're dealing with and never seek out professional help.

I think Roethlisberger also had a very similar play a few years ago (did Plaxico catch that one?) in the Super Bowl - that one for a TD!

The difference, I suppose, is that McNabb's was not in the Super Bowl and Ben's was not on the winning drive.