He Bit Me

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Me and my husband got into an argument last night whilst in bed, nothing major or serious. Anyway he bit my cheek. Not hard enough to break the skin but it hurt! He says he was doing in a playful way but I felt it was an aggression way as we were bickering. I don’t know what to do. Am I being too sensitive and should I accept his apology?

Biting and/or putting hands around your throat are two huge markers for those men who will/might kill. To be clear about the seriousness of him biting - do you want to leave your children without a mother?

Contact Women's Aid , call or email, and they will help support you. Do it today.
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/

My ex husband started his physical abuse by biting me on the face. I left him but then returned to the relationship (something I regret so much). He became more physical as time went on. A push, a kick in the night when he was angry but pretending to sleep, making me sleep on the floor while pregnant after being violent. His physical abuse escalated alongside severe every day emotional and financial abuse. It took me years to escape him and the damage it has done to me and my children is horrendous.
i truly believe if I hadn’t managed to get away from him then he would have killed me. Please contact womens aid. It’s hard and scary but they can help you

You’ve been hurt before now too. How can you be helped into leaving your abuser?.

It takes planning to leave but it’s a lot harder to stay. You likely never imagined he would bite you on the cheek and human saliva can carry all sorts of bacteria.

Do not stay with him because of finances etc; there is no good reason to stay with him.

Yes there have been other occasions when I’ve been hurt. Then he always says he’s sorry and can we make up.

This is the classic cycle of abuse. Abusers usually follow this pattern, because they know that if they were abusive all the time their victim would leave sooner.

OP with respect the last thing on earth you should be worrying about is money. You need to get you and you children out quickly and safely. Please contact woman's aid. They will help you. I have seen it happen. This man is very capable of killing you and leaving your children with no mother. Please act and please make sure you do not make him aware you are. He is dangerous, be careful

OP, this might be of interest to you:

My highly abusive ex who used to bite me amongst other things during arguments ended up almost strangling me to death. It’s such a small step. He was always sorry too. Please make steps to leave OP. Life is precious and he doesn’t deserve yours.

He sounds vile and abusive. What kind of a man bites his wife? A very bad one and you say there have been other times he's hurt you. Don't be his punch bag. Contact Woman's Aid and they will help you to leave him. You could claim CMS for DC. Do you trust him with your DC? Could he hurt them? If you told him to leave why is he still there? Is the house in joint names?

Thank goodness you had the courage to escape. It must be so hard with DC to consider but you absolutely did the best thing for your DC you got them to safety away from the monster who abused you. ❤️

Get your ducks in a row
Get a job
Get out or get him out

Personally, I'd have rung the police

Biting is really serious and what next time? They are always sorry! To wake your kids during argument is awful

You must get help to leave.

It always starts out with something like this op ❤️❤️❤️

Read the room!!