Not sure where you're located, but are you posting this in the middle of the night? Are you getting sleep?
It seems odd to me people would approach you and directly call you a monster. My experience is people would avoid directly addressing the issue, and more often either give you a sympathetic look or the cold shoulder (depending on their point of view). What is your wife telling these people?
Hi BL You right it was a middle of the night, I went to the gym kind of late and was still wired. Word to self no need to go to the gym at almost 10pm. But I did do 90 min of intensive workout.
Some people ask how I am doing usually the once I talk to in the past others just shaking their heads. She would tell people ether that she struggled With abusive person, some times would be changed to always. Just negative things, everything multiplied by 100x.