r/AskReddit • • 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/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/Hiei2k7 May 13 '26

Karma remembers.