OT: what would you do...

ronni · 2004-04-28T05:36:51+00:00

I'm suppossed to go to my mothers college graduation on the 15th. My dad is going to be there (they are still together barely). He just beat her up again on Sunday. The police won't do anything about it... He has beat me up most my life until I was old enough to get out... and he still does it to my mom... and she won't press charges because he threatened to kill her.... I want to be there for my mom but I'm afraid I'll do something to set him off and if that happens, I can't be resposible for what I'll do to him.. he was on his best behaviour for a long time and he is starting up again.... he told her he wanted a divorce...she won't go along with it.. I'm at wits end here... He actually called the cops on HER because he shoved her and she told him that if he laid his hands on her again she would kill him... I don't blame her one bit!!! after 31 years of marriage he is still doing this!!! The cops even took his bullets from him out of his pistol.. but they didn't arrest him!!!! This man handed me a loaded gun when I was 14... I tried to leave home because he was so abusive.. I wanted to kill myself so he loaded his gun and handed it to me and told me to do it outside so he wouldn't have to clean it up.... I'm scared for my mom. If I go... I might have to confront him and I don't know what would happen... I keep having these dreams and its really scaring me...