Trigger Warning These stories mention occurrences of domestic violence and may be triggering to some users. Some names may have been changed.

He tried to kill me

He attempted to kill me by strangling me when I was pregnant with our daughter. When I got the nerve to speak up his mom defended him and called me a pathological liar and said I did it to myself. Soon after that I packed all the belongings I had and left and never turned back.

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