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ExP and I are in the middle of an acrimonious split. He was arrested several months ago for DV and found guilty of ABH.
I have tried unsuccessfully to try to make things amicable - he pretends I don't exist.
He has reported me to social services, told the authorities that our child is in danger from a sibling, had my neighbours spy on me etc etc.
Before the arrest I experienced a year of truly horrible emotional abuse from him.
Today at handover I tried to communicate that I needed him to wait before driving off.
He was his usual 10 feet away from me, ignoring me, because he's 'afraid' that I'll make further allegations against him.
So, I had to raise my voice so he could hear me. All I said was 'hang in a minute, please.'
I was about to explain why I needed him to wait but he immediately started the 'attacked victim' act holding his hands up and saying I didn't need to be so acidic with him.
I didn't do anything except say those 5 words.
This is something I experienced with him regularly - I would say something, he would decide I was being unpleasant, I would try to defend myself, he would get angry and insist I was lying/gas lighting/manipulating. It would turn into a row which would inevitably be all my fault.
Help me figure this out because I'm sat here once again questioning my own perception of things.
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Is this EA/manipulation/gas lighting etc
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Froginapan · 19/06/2016 15:29
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