He comes home rolling drunk, and the whistled me out..the woman whose job is to have babies. Just that she loves him, no matter what, The modern concept is of misogyny. The negative is always outweighed by the devotion aspect "still I love him.". There is an implication of a rough relationship, but not spelt out. But you have to remember this is an old style working class relationship dating back to when women were stuck with drunken husbands, that today would likely spell divorce. In this case she is happy loving him despite the niggles.