My story is not as terrible as most but it did affect my life and the life of those around me. I had just gotten a divorce and I jumped immediately into a relationship. I don't know if I was scared..lonely...or what...but I know now..I should have waited until my feet were back on the ground. He was a charmer..a sweet talker...what I didn't know...and would soon find out was that he was an alcoholic and had a very short temper.

We met when he moved in the same place I was living. He rented a room where me and a friend of mine and my daughter were living. He seemed like a nice person, paid his bills on time, was polite, had fantastic manners, never missed a day of work. We got involved and after a whirlwind...we moved in together and despite 2 forms of precaution...I ended up pregnant. (The best thing that ever happened from that relationship)

One night..he wanted to go to the bars and I told him I didn't want to go because I was tired and wanted to stay home. He went to the bar...I went to bed. I awoke to being drug out of the bed by my hair. He was mad because I did not wait up for him. He was so drunk. I could not get away from him. He was so much stronger than me. He kept hitting my face again and again..then he hit me in the stomach once...I don't know if it was the fear from when he hit me in the stomach..or what...but just then my cat, "Georgia Crackers" (we always called him Crackers..but now we call him KING) jumped up off the bed and landed square with all four paws on his face. That gave me the chance I needed to get away and get out the door. I ran to the neighbors house about 4 doors away...and called the police. I had to have reconstructive surgery to put my nose and all back together while I was pregnant. I am thankful my son is ok.

This is Georgia Crackers aka King

I did press charges. He was in jail for a year and he got a year of probation and a $250.00 fine. His only comment was, "Damn...Good thing I was in Georgia...Florida would have really socked it to me." He turned to religion while he was in jail...which I learned later, they all do. I bought into it and agreed to see him when he got out. My son was born while he was in jail. When he got out, I let him see him and we eventually worked our way into a relationship again. I told him before he moved back in...I was TRYING this one more time FOR my son..but that I would not STAY in it FOR my son..I told him if he started drinking or I felt threatened...it was over for good. Things went well for a while...Then my asthma got really bad...Came to find out later..it was because he was smoking in the house when I wasn't home and spraying that odor neutralizing stuff afterwards so I couldn't smell it. After that, I found out he was drinking again but I couldn't prove it so I was silent. It came to a screeching halt one night when he came home drunk and we got into a big fight...he threatened me in front of my daughter (who was petrified) . She snuck off to go call my father who lived around the corner. We had talked about it many times. She knew that if I had to deal with him..that her job was to call for help...and she pulled it off beautifully. He went wild when my dad showed up and got in his face pointing his finger and threatening him but my dad never backed down from him...My father told him that he wasn't scared of him because he wasn't a man...He told him..."A man doesn't beat on a woman...A man doesn't scare a little girl and make a little boy cry....a man stands by his family and takes care of them. Then he told him to get his stuff and get out of the house and to not come back. He left...and we obtained a restraining order before the night was over. Aren't daddy's great? Thats the end of my story. He is basically out of my life except for an occasional phone call to my son.

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Thank you so much Cher for this wonderful award!!! Talk about surprised!! This came totally out of the blue and I couldn't be more thrilled!! Thanks so much!! HUGS!!!