Reply To: Raising Awareness About Domestic Violence

[Matt]

Hi Belle,
That’s a long reply but I read it all.

Regarding the black eye from a push: If you are falling and happen to hit your eye on a door handle or coffee table or something like that, I can see how it could cause a black eye.

I’m glad you are at a place where you can have good communication with your son’s father. I always thought my wife and I communicated well but now I think that was all superficial. We’re doing some counseling now and I think it’s helping us… There’s years of issues pent up, of which any physical abuse is just the tip of the iceberg in my opinion, and I’m struggling to get past them. I’m afraid you might be right, once a relationship breaks down like this, it may not be possible to put it back together.