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Jan 19, 2011, 09:19 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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You just described an EXACT same scenario at my house some years ago, when my ex chased my son with a shotgun. I too was in the middle of this, and it happened more than once. My ex was extremely hard on OUR son because he could not live up to my husbands' expectations - and my son would try to tell him so, and that would INFURIATE my husband because in his stupid little mind he thought of that as "sassing." He wasn't sassing - UNTIL my husband would hit him in the mouth or the eye - and then my son would shoot his mouth off. 
It was a nightmare. My husband would NOT go to counciling, would NOT listen to reason, would NOT listen to my son or anyone. So I got the kids OUT of there, and divorced the S.O.B. He had put the kids thru enough trauma - and I'd had enough too. We never knew when he was going to blow up -- he had a hair-trigger temper, and we were always walking on egg shells.
If you cherish your kids, MAKE him get some help or else get your kids OUT of there. You have no idea how this affects your kids. This will stay with them for a good long time, and counseling is/will be necessary. I wish you the best of luck. God bless. Hugs, Lee
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