I never wanted to get married. I had a skewed intimate knowledge of how they worked. You love someone, you get married, you have irreconcilable differences, and you get divorced. I didn’t want that for myself for the longest time. You were the one to change my mind on it. I didn’t want to end up like my parents - another statistic. Fifty percent of all American marriages end in divorce.
I made the decision to ask for the divorce because I didn’t want to be another type of statistic: a domestic violence statistic.
You’ve never thought your temper was an issue. But the way you talked to me, and the way you’d overreact when I would kindly ask you to put things down was to throw things in anger. Domestic violence begins with verbal abuse, then the implied threat of violence when you throw things. At that point, it’s not a matter of if you will hit me, but when. I didn’t want to be there to find out. I’ve been subjected to different abuses and traumas - I don’t need to add to them, I don't need to compound and fracture myself further at the hands of a partner.
I have done enough. I have had enough.
I made the decision to ask for the divorce because I didn’t want to be another type of statistic: a domestic violence statistic.
You’ve never thought your temper was an issue. But the way you talked to me, and the way you’d overreact when I would kindly ask you to put things down was to throw things in anger. Domestic violence begins with verbal abuse, then the implied threat of violence when you throw things. At that point, it’s not a matter of if you will hit me, but when. I didn’t want to be there to find out. I’ve been subjected to different abuses and traumas - I don’t need to add to them, I don't need to compound and fracture myself further at the hands of a partner.
I have done enough. I have had enough.