I suggested finding some perspective - not finding someone elses.

I didn't say you were wrong to be annoyed at blizzard - I just had a problem with your analogy.

When you mentioned battered wives I imagined people in abusive relationship, getting the crap knocked out of them on a regular basis, living in constant fear. Too scared to change things.

So it seemed completely out of kilter with your earlier statement of feeling " a bit jaded".
Quite a bit different from what you were trying for.

Knowing now what you were really trying to convey with your analogy I apologise.