I remember a fight I saw in Barahona, near the colmado where I was having a Bohemia one afternoon. Two women were yelling ?puta! at each other for about half an hour, apparently because the younger one seems to have seduced the older one's marido. They flailed about a lot, but with only a few slaps. They were really loud and a crowd gathered.
Then the marido appeared and the older woman whacked him, and the younger one slapped her pretty hard. Then the older woman announced the right to slug el marido because he was HER marido and that gave her the right. Finally, the marido slugged wifey and of course everyone was screaming. A couple of resident dogs decided to get into a fight with each other as well. Finally the PN arrived and hauled off el marido, who got into the cop car with both women yelling at him.
After a couple of minutes and some threats being hurled by both sides, the older woman walked away and the younger one climbed on a motoconcho and rode off in the opposite direction.
Someone explained to me that yesterday was payday for el marido and he had come home sin un chin de dinero. There was speculation that there might have been a third woman who actually got the money.
