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ARose
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Did I do the right thing?
      #594345 - 11/02/09 01:00 AM

My husband and I have been together for 5 years. We have a 5 yr old son and a 4 yr old daughter. Our whole marriage has basically been one big fight. We have seperated 4 times. Each time I chicken out and go back to him. To me it feels like he is controlling. I am afriad to recieve phone calls, texts, or send emails. I am afraid to get on my computer. I am afraid to ask to go out with friends. Its not like he would beat me up if I did these things but 9 times out of 10 he would get angry. I felt like if I answered my phone for a friend then I would have to suffer the consequences for days. He is very rude to my friends, basically he doesnt want me to have any. A year and a half ago during one of our arguments he wouldnt leave me be, took my phone and hid it. I got scared and tried to leave in my car. He started hitting my car window. He put a mattress behind my car, so I just backed over it. He then jumped on the hood of my car. I continued to back up, afriad of what would happen if he was able to get into the car. I called the police, they just made him leave for the night. Then in March of this year, we were again arguing. I went upstairs and locked my door. He tried to break it down, so I opened it. He grabbed my purse and threw it, I think he was looking for my phone. I put my arm out to keep him from getting it, and he pushed me. He was arrested for DV. I started to feel remorse for calling the police, like he didnt really hurt me so I shouldnt have. I talked to the prosecuter and they decided to do a deffered prosecution. He was ordered to do anger managment. Then tonight, he wanted to talk about why I am not very loving with him. I told him its because he is controlling and mean. He started to yell at me. I asked him to stop. I tried to just watch TV and ignore him, he took the remote and turned the TV off. He wouldnt stop yelling so I went upstairs to the bedroom and locked the door. He came up and started pounding on it. He was scarting me pretty bad. He said he wanted his work clothes for the morning. I told him that he was scaring me and that when he went downstairs I would put his clothes outside the door. He then tried to break the door open. He put a hole in it. I called the police. I told him that I was calling. He stopped yelling, and said he just needed something out of the bedroom. I didnt believe him and I was on the phone with the 911 operator who said not to open the door. He told me that if I didnt open the door he was going to take the children. They were asleep in their beds and my son is very sick with the flu. Shortly after that the police arrived. They saw the hole in the door and arrested him for DV and criminal damages. Now here I am, feeling horrible. I feel like I did something wrong. Like I got him in trouble. I know that I was scared and that he shouldnt have tried to break the door down. But at the same time I feel like I shouldnt have called unless he actually hit me. I was afriad he was going to when he got the door down, but it never went that far. I feel like if I had waited to call 911 then maybe he would have calmed down and everything would have been alright. Why do I feel so guilty? And should I? Its like I know he is controlling and that I live my life walking on egg shells but then he makes me feel like I might be crazy, like I am exaggerating. I just dont know if I did the right thing.. Sorry so long. I just needed to get it out.

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Re: Did I do the right thing? [Re: ARose]
      #594621 - 11/02/09 05:25 PM

Hopefully, you go back for the one last time and he goes OJ on you. Since divorce law is soooo harsh to men who are good, I hope he treats you worse than OJ treated Nicole.

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Re: Did I do the right thing? [Re: ARose]
      #594702 - 11/02/09 10:49 PM

Don't feel guilty for calling for protection if you felt unsafe. It's due to his ridiculous behavior that you took that step. It's on him, not you.

Is this behavior something new or something you've noticed over the years?

Is he in jail now? If so, when is he due to get out? Do you have a plan of action? Do you have friends or family that could help you out?

I hope you and your children will be safe. Make arrangements for that. If you don't have friends or family, start looking for a number of a local shelter and make a plan of action.

And please ignore Yregna. He promotes abuse and murder. He's a very sick man that needs a lot of help.


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Re: Did I do the right thing? [Re: shortmarriage]
      #594740 - 11/03/09 04:17 AM

beginning of the month, another check written, more posting to go with it.

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d0b0vgall2020
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Re: Did I do the right thing? [Re: ARose]
      #595164 - 11/03/09 06:41 PM

Parts of this post remind me so much of my ex. I could never get away and cool off. No matter where I went, door came down.

You have SEVERAL signs in front of you and the longer you stay, the worse it's going to get.You're an adult and can decide for yourself, but keep in mind that even though your kids are little, they are watching. This situation is VERY unhealthy for them and if something doesn't change (therapy, anger management and no more abuse), you should leave FOR GOOD.

My ex and I split up 5 times and I went back so I'm not judging, I've just been there. My BIGGEST regret is not leaving the FIRST time he put his hands on me. Not for my sake but for my children.

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AloneInTheDark
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Re: Did I do the right thing? [Re: d0b0vgall2020]
      #595448 - 11/04/09 02:20 PM

When I first started reading this, I thought of claims my wife made that I "didnt want her to have friends" even though I explained to her over and over that her having male friends wasnt an issue. It was the the inevitable time that her friends would "forget she was married" in her conversations with her and she wouldn't discourage the behavior no matter how inappropriate it was or what was said saying they knew she was married and its just a game, not real life even though you play with real live people in it. Then she would put me and the kids below them on her priority list, burning meals because she didnt want to get up and check on them and be away from her boy freinds in game or make them wait for her. Thats why I did the majority of the cooking when I was home.

I was saying "exuses to act like you were not married" to myself until I seen what you said about being separated and being only married 5 years. Probably you were not as compatable as you thought and maybe he thinks you were and it is driving him crazy. Unless he has reason to be suspicious of you talking to other men from your past behavior. It still doesnt warrant putting a hole in the door.

Now if you had been married 10 plus years and he did not become mentally ill then it would sound to me like either there was a reason he had issues with you taling to male friends or you were in a midlife crisis and giving him reasons to worry about you talking to them from the stuff that you say, they say, or what you have done in the recent past.

Now if its female friends, the guy has no reason for you not wanting you to be around them unless they are the type who are unfaithful. I have seen the wives of good men start hanging out with the wives of men who cheated and when the wives whose husband cheated on them, they would cheat on thier husband who never cheated or did anything wrong to them.

I tell my navy students "choose your friends wisely because you will soon act like them if you hang out with them long enough" and I have observed it time and time again.

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Re: Did I do the right thing? [Re: AloneInTheDark]
      #596593 - 11/06/09 08:28 PM

He didn't hit you but what if he hit you as hard as he put a hole through that door. You probably wouldn't be alive. I am a domestic violence survivor too. But only I was struck many times. And very lucky to be alive at that. Children that witness the verbal and phyisical violence are very much affected as they get older. The best thing to do is leave and dont go back, for the kids sake. I know the walking on eggshells feeling too. I always wondered why I had high blood pressure. Good luck with your future.

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Re: Did I do the right thing? [Re: amazing]
      #596633 - 11/06/09 11:38 PM

"Children that witness the verbal and phyisical violence are very much affected as they get older. "

Yes. Quite a few of them end up mimicking the same behavior. You can divorce a husband but you can't divorce your kid. IMO, it's the controlling behavior as a whole. Women claim emotional abuse or physical abuse all the time. To me, it's very easy to see the pattern of real abuse. It's not even several incidences. it's an attitude. This guy has it based on her description. I would not be a bit surprised if her STBX was also raised by an abuser.

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