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Same here.
Somebody WILL go to jail when the police are called to a domestic dispute and the Commonwealth Attorney's office WILL prosecute except in very rare instances.

In VA, they've taken pressing charges off the victim's shoulders all together because so many of them would get caught up in the "honeymoon phase" and drop them, only to be right back in the same position again and again and again.

I kinda wish that's how it is here in IL. Not the case though. I know that pressing charges would have made things worse. I know it. Plus his FIL would be threatening me then too and I don't want that.

I am aware that there are many forms of abuse. I know that this was due to his drinking all day though and not wanting to be shown he was wrong about being behind on child support.

I wish I could have called in sick today. I don't feel like being here. Our towns are in a sheet of ice...I even had ice INSIDE my car to scrape off! I'm sore from H's crap and even have bruises on my chest now from it.

I think I may be the messed up one though.... I WANT to contact H and see how HE is. I WANT to know what's in his head and what he's thinking. Is that wrong of me?

Wow FG not a good weekend for you. Well this is exactly what happens when someone drinks. A person's emotions get all out of balance. They say and do stupid things.

I am sure your h was feeling so down and the only thing that was going to make him happy, was seeing his D. No excuse for his poor behavior.

You need to be the protector of your D and not allow her any where near your h in his condition.

Your h was wrong, let him come to you and apologize, then stay clear when he is drinking. Not a good sitch you are in.

Does he drink often?

He drinks but not like this. I've only seen him like this 3 times in the past 13 years.

GG, can you please pray for me and see if you hear what I'm supposed to do. I WANT to contact him.

I can FG. I will keep praying for you and your h and D. I am sorry you are hurting and going through this. Hugs!

How do you think he will react to your contact?

Do you know it was a full moon this weekend?

When I was thinking of you today FG this came to mind. I was thinking of you to just drop to your knees and pray like you have never prayed before and this part from Oh Holy Night came to mind.

Fall on your knees!
Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine,
O night when Christ was born
O night, O holy night,
O night divine!

Just keep praying FG. God will help you get through this.

FG, DO NOT CONTACT HIM!

I know it's hard. I have had to call the police on my H too. He did not physically touch me, but he threatened to kill me.

Your H chose to deal with his depression by getting drunk. He got drunk and was not thinking rationally and took his inner anger out on you. This was not right, drunk or not.

He needs help and you are not the one who can help him. You need to give him his space. In a few days he will calm down a bit and will contact you.

I just want to also warn you to watch your guard. He may be angry that you called the police on you and may try to retaliate.

That is what my H did. He was here one night and started a verbal argument with me and then when I asked him to leave he called the police on me. The police did not understand why they were called. H had no reason to call them, just that he wanted to get revenge.

I understand about not pressing charges, as I did not press them either. The police told me if I did then I would have to get an order of protection and exchange the children with him at the police station. I did not want to expose them to that.

However, my sitch was a tiny bit different than yours as he never actually touched me.

In my opinion, if he ever does lay hands on you again, you may want to consider pressing charges. He needs to know you won't tolerate it.

I know in my state, if my H threatened to kill me again, the police would arrest him as the first time is only a warning and the second time they would press charges on him whether I wanted to or not.

I am sorry you have to go through this. You need to find a way to just focus on you and your daughter now. You need to leave him alone to spin in his own mess. He is not the person you would want to have as a husband right now. You need to realize you deserve better and he can't give you any better right now.

Best of luck!

Thanks GG and Mrs,

GG, I cried and prayed in church more than ever today. I cried on and off all weekend just thinking about this. Thanks for continuing to pray for me and letting me know what you hear when you pray. I really appreciate that!

Mrs, you're right. He's not the person he really is. He did text me and said "I'm very upset about what happened this weekend, I'll talk to you later." So that's all for now I guess.

WCW, the full moon on Friday was the largest full moon too. Supposedly. They said that was the closest the moon has been to the earth. I was looking up at it Friday night/Sat morning and it certainly was bright at least.

FG let the text be for now. He is sorry for what he did and how the weekend went.

Sometimes silence is the best answer. Gives your h time to think about his actions and how it hurt you and D.

Give him space for now. Things will look better as time passes.