Name changed for this as it’s very outing and I know a few people on here. My sister has been in an abusive relationship for 3 years now. She realises this and is (I really fucking hope!) finally starting to get to the point where she is ready to leave him.
I’ve warned her he will be most dangerous when he realises that she’s getting ready to leave, so for now she is keeping him sweet.
I’ve not actually seen him since the first year they got together, but he will be at an event I’m attending later today with my children. I will only know her (and him) at the event.
I’m really stuck with how I should play it? I’m not at all afraid of him, and given how he’s behaved with her, I’m happy to totally ignore him given my young children will be there. What should I say to them though? They’ll think it’s odd if I’m talking to her and ignoring him, although they won’t remember him. And I really don’t want them interacting with him. And to make things worse, she’s actually competing at the event. I won’t be sitting with him.