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Could you ever forgive your partner for this?

72 replies

Yoyooo · 10/10/2022 18:09

Would you be able to forgive your DH if, when pregnant,they said they wanted to kill you and threaten to take your children away from you, taking away their passports? Then shortly after professing their love and saying sorry etc.

What justification would there be for doing this? Either from how the other partner has been acting or what stress they are under?

Sorry if I am being deliberately vague I just want some unbiased answers.

OP posts:
Pumpkinpatchlookinggood · 10/10/2022 18:10

I would pack our stuff when he wasn't in and disappear..

gwenneh · 10/10/2022 18:10

Of course not.
There would be no answer possible to justify that behaviour, no acceptable form or amount of apology, and that relationship would be over.

AnApparitionQuipped · 10/10/2022 18:11

No. Whoever is on the receiving end of this needs to get away from their partner ASAP.

Sparkletastic · 10/10/2022 18:12

No I couldn't. Even if it was a psychotic episode I would never feel safe with them again.

Celticdawn5 · 10/10/2022 18:12

No justification…ever….regardless of context leading up to event and after imo

Vapeyvapevape · 10/10/2022 18:13

Absolutely unforgivable, no matter how 'sorry' they were.

Nanny0gg · 10/10/2022 18:13

No justification and you need to get as far away from him as possible as quickly as possible

Dartmoorcheffy · 10/10/2022 18:13

Absolutely not. I would actually report this to the police and it would be over. I wouldn't take it as an idle threat either. Its worrying .

WhatsAVideo · 10/10/2022 18:14

Pumpkinpatchlookinggood · 10/10/2022 18:10

I would pack our stuff when he wasn't in and disappear..

This.

Rocketclub · 10/10/2022 18:15

No never

loottie · 10/10/2022 18:15

Won't cross my mind to see them again, let alone forgive them.

Vapeyvapevape · 10/10/2022 18:17

I'm just curious, when someone asks 'is this ok' when it so obviously isn't ok , what they think could possibly ever justify it?

FrancescaContini · 10/10/2022 18:18

I can’t believe you need to ask.

TheWolves · 10/10/2022 18:20

Unless they were having a psychotic episode or had a brain tumour, absolutely not.

Doyoumind · 10/10/2022 18:21

No one in their right mind would say he should be forgiven. If you are even contemplating it, it's because he's gaslighting you into thinking you're unreasonable.

Caroffee · 10/10/2022 18:22

Men who make these sorts of threats go on to carry them out at some point. Verbalising their thoughts is just the first step. Get out asap.

Hindsightin · 10/10/2022 18:22

nope

even if it was because of psychosis

PlntLady · 10/10/2022 18:27

There is no justification for this. To make threats like this amounts to mental abuse.

slowquickstep · 10/10/2022 18:44

I hope you have packed and gone Yoyooo

Bakedpotatos · 10/10/2022 18:53

No bloody way. Mine's recently threatened to take my unborn baby away out of anger and I haven't responded to him since after that. But being told he'd kill me would be a step too far and I wouldn't feel safe..

lovelilies · 10/10/2022 19:37

Not in a million years. Never

Cantthinkofanewnameatm · 10/10/2022 19:39

Pumpkinpatchlookinggood · 10/10/2022 18:10

I would pack our stuff when he wasn't in and disappear..

This. Never stay with a man who threatens.

LemonDrop22 · 10/10/2022 19:40

No.

Shoxfordian · 10/10/2022 19:41

Why do you even need to ask?

OldFan · 10/10/2022 19:43

No way. Leave if you can, and maybe don't tell him where you're going.

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