But no matter how (financially) abusive our husband is, we still want to cling to him. We fear the unknown: Can Anwar be trusted? Yeah, Nik Aziz may be honest but he's no fun - he won't allow us to throw away our children's education fund at the four-digit shop. Lim Kit Siang? Aiyo, his hair and spectacles look so 1970s lah. Fine. Whatever. But it's irrelevant. You and I know the opposition are not going to win in 2008. Even the DAP has admitted it. Partly because the people like you reading this sort of message on the Internet are limited to the urban middle classes.

(So you might wanna e-mail or print out stuff like this and share with friends. Or talk to them. Or SMS them. Do something.) Sure the opposition can't win, but it's their agenda that's important. It's the only ‘bargaining chip’ we have. With it, we can go and tell our husband, ‘Look, I'm tired of your neglect and abuse. I got other men promising to take better care of me. Whatcha gonna do about that?’