A tale as old as time:
It’s been more than a two decades now
Since he started his toxic torture.
Slowly at first, almost imperceptible to the unsuspecting or inexperienced eye.
She started thinking she was imagining things, that it was her that was the problem. After all he was such a good guy and she was, well, difficult.
She tried to be a good wife and worked hard to make it work. But after the marriage failed things ramped up to unprecedented levels.
The never ending threats of court
The mental poisoning of their daughters
He succeeded with one and alienated her from her maternal family
And then he set his sights on her sister
With his blistering hatred of who brought her into this world
She gave up her career to be there for you all,
She worked, she studied, she got her degrees, her post-grad diplomas and set up her own business, but it was never enough.
He says she’s lazy and sits on her fat arse all day.
And because of that he won’t pay a penny for their daughters.
He calls her psycho and schizo, claims she’s mentally ill and abnormal and tells their daughters this in the relentless drip of poison. It’s not even subtle.
His never-ending stream of lackeys and handmaidens ensure his narcissistic supply is secure as he passes his parenting duties onto the next in line who is blinded by his dubious charm.
Why does he hate her so? The woman who gave her all for him. The woman who was abused and gaslit who he tried to make feel small.
She took out a restraining order and he painted her as crazy. Said it was she who abused him.
He never took no for an answer. Pushing ahead regardless whilst guilting her into bending to his will. He had needs and she wasn’t meeting them he’d tell anyone who would listen.
He turned her family against her and ridiculed her in front of friends.
He called her a whore, called her a malingerer with munchausens to boot.
When he left, claiming she’d given him no choice he threatened to kill himself, or move to the other side of the world. Simultaneously threatening to take the children because she was psychotic remember.
Then came the interference with her work. Refusing to have contact with the children so she had to stay home. To ramp it up there were court applications. She’s been to court 25 times now and each time he’s painted her as crazy and an abusive mother. He accused her of having munchausens by proxy. The outdated term didn’t matter because it was just another way to hurt. He had her investigated, cross-examined, her soul laid bare. It still wasn’t enough.
Now he exists in his boiling vat of toxic lies, like the devil on his throne, precariously sat, fearing anything that could topple him from the god-like picture he’s painted of himself. He is drowning in his own hatred. His misery is palpable. The ugly void where a heart should be is reflected in his demeanour, his actions and his view of women.
But his most putrid bile is reserved for the woman who once loved him who committed no crime except to be a woman who dared to say no.
I've got a covid vaccine induced headache and not feeling my best today so that might need a good checking over for typos and grammatical errors.