Well this thread was a bit of a trigger for me, but that's okay. My first husband hit me ONCE and only once. He had me blocked in a stairway, but I started screaming and pushed past him to where people were (in the business we owned). He left immediately and the best thing that could of happened did happen, I swear my eye turned black in a matter of seconds! It made the whole thing VERY real and VERY public.

I told him I wanted a divorce when he called later. He got some stuff and left town the next day. He tried to reconcile a month or so later but I was done!

He left me in a financial crisis. Just so glad to be rid of him though.