A pregnant woman has asked the internet for advice after being thoroughly scared by her boyfriend who destroyed their TV in a drunken rage.
As the anonymous lady from the UK revealed in her Mumsnet post, she and her husband have been together for seven years.
Though he allegedly never showed any signs of aggression, everything changed one night after he returned home drunk following a drinking session with his friends.
According to the woman, who is pregnant with their first child, her husband acted out of his character as he smashed a glass and broke the TV “seemingly for no reason.”
“Husband went out for dinner and drinks with a friend last night. He ended up drinking too much and was pretty drunk when he came home. This I didn’t really mind because it’s not a regular occurrence and I just helped him to bed/ got water etc. it wasn’t too late,” the mom-to-be explained.
“However, about 10pm he woke up and started shouting, he was ranting drunkenly about something and trying to go outside. I had to lock the front door.
“There was a glass in the sink which he tried to wash up – I told him to leave it and I’d do it, he should go back to bed. He launched the glass as hard as possible at the kitchen surface and it went everywhere. A piece narrowly missed my eye. He was so angry, seemingly for no reason.”
She added: “He then pulled a picture off the wall in the spare bedroom and used it to smash up the TV. I was begging him to stop; there was glass everywhere again. The dog was so scared. So was I.
“Eventually I managed to get him to go to bed. But what do I do now? I’m in shock. This isn’t like him at all, he’s not a violent person. Please help, I can’t think straight.”
After the woman’s post went viral, people were quick to suggest that she could end up on the list of things her husband smashes next. While some urged her to leave him immediately, others suggested she should document the mess and report it to the police.
“He IS a violent person. He’s been violent. If you aren’t prepared to call the police or leave him immediately then you must look very carefully at his response when he wakes and sees what he has done. If he is appalled and commits to never drink excessive again including getting professional help then there may be less risk of this happening again. But if he minimizes or blames then it’s over,” one person wrote.
“You really should have phoned the police. He could have turned on you. Is this your first pregnancy? I ask because abuse often starts during pregnancy. It’s when you are most vulnerable and least likely to leave,” another said.
The third wrote: “Last night you could have been hurt. The next time he goes off in one of these rages it could be you he smashes up. Don’t give him the opportunity; he was drunk, angry and violent. It doesn’t matter if it’s ‘out of character’ all domestic violence starts somewhere. I’d have called the police.”
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