Think about the following scenario: The hu*****and might not have a job or worry his sex ability to satisfy his woman and he needed a break. The wife was so irritated by the behavior of the hu*****and and she did not think deeply why he was so lazy and irresponsible. Then there came the fight.
The hu*****and was not described like a regular abusive person, so there must be something wrong from the woman side. She used strong word which is very abusive too. So who really is the person to be abusive? Both of them were abusing each other.