My cousin, a single mother to a feckless 18 year old son, attempted to wake him one morning for a job interview. He had been out drinking the night before with friends and returned home late very drunk. When he failed to get out of bed she shook him awake again. This time he swore at her and told her to let him sleep he wasn't going to the interview. She persisted and attempted to wake him a third time. This time he attacked her, punching and kicking her. He broke her nose and ripped out her hair.
She called the police who arrested him. He is currently in police custody. She is afraid of him and what he will do to her if she doesn't drop the charges.
Was I unreasonable to advise her not to drop the charges, to change her locks and keep him out of her home, which should be her safe space?
My friend said that in that situation she couldn't live with herself if her DS ended up living on the street or worse still died!