Q: I am a victim of an emotionally abusive and cruel wife, and i live in minnesota. She is currently out of the house
She has gaslighted me, attempted AND succeeded to ruin my reputation, my career, and has used knowledge of very personal matters (like past sexual and physical abuse) against me and even took my kids and dogs to my abusers house 4 weeks ago (my parents) and told them all of my secrets. I asked her to apologize and the only way that she ever does is if she attacks me and makes me feel horrible first because she says, "otherwise you get to win"
My two daughters (10,13) backed me up this most recent time and she is out of the house currently but i'm not sure for how long. She has done this to me many times over the years. She even sent an email to my brother who sexually abused me and I shared that with her in confidence. My parents didn't know and she copied them on the email describing what I told her as a cruel tactic to hurt me.
The only reason she is out of the house is because the kids didn't let her convince them it is all my fault. How do I protect myself?
A: There isn’t reality a cogent question here. But it seems to me that the place to start is by reaching out to some family law attorneys about pursuing a divorce here.
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