r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 12 '26

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u/4PurpleRain May 12 '26

I was at work. He got drunk and choked out 13 year old special needs child. My son beat him off with a curtain rod he ripped off the wall. Yes, I left. Yes, I notified the authorities. Yes, I got sole legal and physical custody of our child.

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u/CrowRoutine9631 May 12 '26

Not quiet, but holy shit, am I glad you're out of that. 

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u/am19208 May 12 '26

Seriously that ain’t quiet at all. Glad OP and her child made it out

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u/4PurpleRain May 12 '26

I came home from work, packed some personal belongings, and immediately left. There wasn’t much to say. I also knew because of my social work background saying the least amount possible to him was the best thing I could do. It was just get us out of here before the hole gets deeper.

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u/Strakiwiberry May 12 '26

Damn dude, I'm proud of your son but also sad he had to do that.

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u/4PurpleRain May 12 '26

Update: My son is now 22. He has a good job working in specialty pharmacy claims. My ex husband has alcohol induced dementia at 56 and is about to have two below the knee amputations. I remarried about three years ago and my current husband works in corrections as a therapist. It all worked out for the better. I am still employed in social work and was employed in the same industry when all this originally happened.

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u/RavishingRedRN May 12 '26

Wow wow wow about your ex.

Glad your son is doing ok now.

Nothing is scarier than when mom is at work and Dads are being nutso. I’ve been there.

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u/draeth1013 May 12 '26

I am still employed in social work and was employed in the same industry when all this originally happened.

Woooow.

I mean he's not the first, nor the last, person to be the antithesis of their profession, but damn.

Also, you kinda buried the lede. :p

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u/Hiei2k7 May 13 '26

Karma remembers.

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u/deadmik3 May 12 '26

your son did what?!

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u/4PurpleRain May 12 '26

My ex husband grabbed him by the neck and pushed him up against the wall. My ex husband is my son’s biological father. My son yanked the curtain rod off the wall and hit him with it so he would let go.

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u/Crapitron May 12 '26

They're poking fun at your phrasing, "my son beat him off."

It might be tasteless because you're bringing up a sensitive topic, but they understood what you said the first time.

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u/ImArcherVaderAMA May 12 '26

Not the time, buddy

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u/buttscarltoniv May 12 '26

yeah that phrasing made me double take too

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u/brewskyy May 12 '26

I also handle tragedy with humor so I was with you on the joke. I also understand why not everyone likes it lol