Hi, after feeling much love and strength from my introduction threat I thought I should head on over and see what to do next.

As of last night I finally found the strength break from 3 years of verbal, emotional, physical, and financial abuse from my ex.

Last night during one of her typical abusive episodes, carried out over FaceTime on our phones, I flat out refused to give in to her manipulation and stood up to her. She tried to get her way eventually by saying she was going to kill herself and showed me the knife she was going to do it with. At this point I immediately called the police department and they sent police and EMS to her apartment and took her to the hospital for overnight observation.

Needless to say when we spoke this morning she was FURIOUS. However, this time I simply hung up on her and told her I wouldn't be her victim anymore until she retreated.

I don't know what the future holds. I still care a great deal for her and genuinely want her to get help. She is herself a victim of abuse from her childhood, and still hasn't come to terms with how that is manifesting itself today.

I will continue to support her and be there for her when she needs it, but I have made it abundantly clear to her that if she starts abusing me again I will not hesitate to hang up the phone, block her number, and shut her out.

We will see what the future holds, but at least for now it feels like I've regained just a bit of my dignity.