Haven't really
seen dh most of weekend as he went out Friday night, got wasted, was too ill to join dd and I to do anything yesterday so we went visiting and then he was out playing golf today.
Anyway, when he got back this evening I asked him to watch dd as I needed a shower and had been out with dd again all day and then was preparing dinner etc when I got back.
When I came down dd was cowering in the dining saying that he had shouted at her so I sorted her out and then went into kitchen to ask what was up. Dh was watching skydiving man on phone and I said I could do with some help getting dinner ready and tried to find out what had happened with dd but this wad clearly an inconvenience.
I worked out by his bolshy attitude that he had too much to drink after golf and had carried on drinking whilst I was showering and was now going to start swearing at me.
I asked him not to swear as he was shouting and dd (5) could hear him, which made him worse and he started going through the catalogue of swearing. I asked him to stop every tome but he started poking me in the chest and getting in my face and I didn't know what to do and I slapped his face. I have never hit him in 12 years even though this has happened before but o know it was wrong and he is going to make my life a misery now. I just wanted him to stop.
My dd could hear him shouting and was cowering and saying she was scared of him and he heard her and said I had put words in her mouth and that I was a terrible mother. I asked her if she wanted us to go and visit friends for the night but she wanted to stay home but not leave my side.
I took her into another room to eat but never of us wanted to, calmed her down and then went back in with her to see dh. He had calmed down and made it up with her, but he doesn't do apologies so that had to do.
He took her to bed and started questioning her whether I had made her say she was scared etc and had I said anything nasty about him. I hadnt and she told him so.
He is now snoring his head off and I am wondering what the hell I should do now. I will apologize for slapping him but he will not apologize for scaring me and dd I know this. I also know he will take the first opportunity to tell everyone I slapped him to make me look awfu
l, he knows I was beaten by an ex and would have been scared when he got in my face.
I haven't worked for past few months due to ill health and am self employed so have no income whatsoever. He is self employed and earns less than the national av so money is obv a pressure on this house that he resents me for.
There is more to this within enforced celibacy for 5 years and treating me like unpaid au pair but this is long enough.
What should I do? Can he prosecute me for slapping his face?