What would cause someone to act like this?

[CarmerKharma]

I'm just curious really.

Next door lives a couple with a toddler. Both of them seem lovely.

However sometimes (well, at least every other day) they start rowing but it turns into a proper blazing row with screaming and shouting.

One night it sounded like she was being beaten up, I was horrified. I heard her screaming, lots of banging and shouting and her shouting "no!please don't! please! leave me alone!" etc etc... I was just about to send DH around to see if she was ok and the bloke came storming out of the house, got in the car and drove off with the baby and the woman was inside the house but she was still repeating "oh, plese don't ... don't ..." etc! but more calmly as if she was speaking to someone next to her but she was alone in the house.

I worry about her because she seems lovely but seems to be be locked in the house every day (not litrally, she does go to shops etc sometimes) but never has any visitors or anything.

Sometimes it sounds like all is not quite right but I can't put my finger on it.

why not invite her round for a coffee? She might need a friend.

so when are they 'lovely'?

If there is a child inside the house while they argue like this, I would call the police and say there seem to be a violent domestic disturbance next door, and that they have a small child.

Can you go round when she is at home with the toddler?

i thihnk you need to go round and check they are ok, sounds horrible.

They're lovely when they're out of the house. It's wierd, this morning we heard them rowing and the man stormed out again. DS1 was in the garden and the man turned to him and started talking to him really sweetly. The woman does too when she sees us, she seems really timid and quite shy. When they argue, she doesn't tend to argue back, just goes completely on the defensive and keeps saying sorry and denying that she's done anything wrong but its wierd.

The way she talks just doesn't seem right IYSWIM? its hard to explain but she seems to talk like she's performing for an audience. Like one time I heard him shout "I'm taking DD out until you calm down!" and she started shouting "oh.. what are you doing? OH MY GOD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" etc and by the sounds of it, all he was doing was putting the kids coat on and getting ready to leave.

It sounds awful but she's really over dramatic but not in an attention seeking way, oh I don't know, so hard to explain.

I have been around before, she never offers you in but the man does and has done numerous times. I once went around whilst they were in mid-row and expected a mouthful of abuse from him when he answered the door but he invited me in straight away and apologised for the noise, its so wierd.

actors?

I wouldn't be going around there if you think this guy might be violent or something. You could try and see the woman on her own though.

Next time you think they might be having a fight call the police!