Tamarin: If you have never been in this circumstance it is easy to say yep I would run...
If this is genuine Baley you can reach me at my mailbox if you want to bend an ear..
You may want to talk to some who understands where you are coming from.
Th offer is there...
f this has happene to you i'm truely sorry, but once this has happened it will happen again also the child to consider and it growing up in that kind of enviroment. There are places you can go where you will get practical help and support if you are unable to go to family. Hard as it can be to make that break, you have to ask yourself if you want you and your child to live this way
No question...leave...get out...goooooooo...being pregnant is worse but any man who beats a woman will never stop unless he acknowledges there's a problem and decides to get help on his own..BUT an abusers #1 trait is to place blame on the victim...
This actually happend to me - I was five months pregnant and got a severe beating which lasted about an hour or so in total - and that was just my first pregnancy with that man - I had 3 children to him - I say sweetheart - get out of there while you still have some semblance of sanity........
Leave a bag, with money, any documents you may need, passport etc at a friends....
May be wise to have a credit card he does not know about...
If you own a car make sure it is driven to somewhere he can not get his hands on it....
Have your own bank account...they will empty the joint account and cut off any joint cards....
Get any thing out of the house you want because you may never get back in...
Have one person you trust in completely that will never say where you are and keep only them aware of your plans..even the most well meaning people will let something slip...
Run like hell, we are survivors and don't take his self centred abusive crap as long as I did...
Don't be scared to tell future partners about your experience...
You have nothing to be ashamed off..he is the one who should hang his head in shame....
trish123: Hey Tamarin - Great advice wish I had thought of that back in the day......
Hi doll...that's when my ex started to push me around too...when I was pregnant...and he wasn't long out the door...of course getting caught cheating didn't help his cause any either...Have a Merry Christmas doll...luv ya...gotta run...work calls....
Often a man is more powerful in strength than a woman.
When a man has you on your knees with one of his hands pulling your hair so hard you feel like you will pass out and the other delivering the blows... yep we can all say what we would do!!
Do you resort to violence and be as bad as him...no...if you stick a knife in him you will end up serving time and he will have the kids...
No Just leave and never look back..if he has rights to see his child make sure you are never alone with him...
gozoman2: What would one be doing with a partner who is abusive in the first place?
Because in alot of cases you don't know they are abusers until your already in a relationship with them they hide it very well. Everone thought my ex husband was a great guy it's the way they work
My ex beat me when I was pregnant with my son. Thank God I had a healthy normal beautiful son. He is a teenager right now and has not been near his father since he was 6 months old. His father had no part in his life and as far as I am concerned my son's life was richer because of this fact. He does bear some personality traits of his father that need to be watched like his fast temper. I used to think abusive behavior was a learned thing. I have living proof that there is a hereditary connection. All is not lost for my son however because he is a sweet angel and a real gentleman. He just needs to learn a little more control of his temper. He doesn't drink or do drugs like his father and that will help him in his battle for control. It was under the influence that his father lost control. Sorry for the book. Just wanted to share.
Morgan you hit the nail on the head... My ex is all sweetness and light to anyone in the street...but I was his whipping block and he knew how loyal I was to him and that I would not utter a word.
I was the respected female who worked in the local school, worked with kids constantly, to outsiders I was Mrs 2.4 children, own home, cars, loving husband,(ha, ha)holidays.. what they did not see was me sat in the bath with tears silently running down my face, trying to prevent the bruising being to bad and as I washed my hair clumps of it being left in my hand where he had pulled it so hard... he always did his little routine when the children were asleep and knew I would take the beating in silence...
been there - head bouncing off the wall - hair in his hands, worst of swear words fallin all around me - but Im ok now - there is a future - just got a BA - get in touch, I have strength to spare.........
morgan5: well said vonney they can be loads of reasons why a women stays in these kinds of relationships and unless you have experienced it it's impossible to understand
I've never been hit by a car either but I can imagine what it would feel like.
Trish...gosh someone who thinks the same as me...the blows did not hurt as much as the things you where called and accused of.. the air was blue with the swear words he yelled... this disrespect from someone who said they loved you hurt most...
somechick: I've never been hit by a car either but I can imagine what it would feel like.
Again I have to say sorry, but that very comment shows how little you understand what it is like when someone you love and who claims to love you abuses that love in the worst way.
gozoman2: What would one be doing with a partner who is abusive in the first place?
The abusiveness goes very deep till they accept for themselves that they have it - till that point, the point at which a woman may suggest they are not their mother and will not put up with such behaviour.....
Once a wonamn says 'no more' thats the point at which she frees herself.........
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