Agreed, 100%. Some details are better left private, and others require support. Thank you for your concern; after several expensive and difficult years, things have mostly calmed down, but my family still has doubts about my claims unfortunately, which has led to me keeping them at arm's length. My boys are doing great, and that gives me all the peace I need.

I made the mistake of hiding my abusive bipolar ex's condition, and nobody believed me when she tried killing me by hitting me with our SUV, among many other things she did to my kids and me