I watched Sleeping With The Enemy

Everything happened so fast in that movie but I could relate to the lady in that film.

I've never been married but my father could get violent when he was angry. He's a very controlling and short tempered man.

There's a scene where Julia Roberts is on a bus ride talking with a stranger about her situation that I could relate to.

Every time I stayed with my father, I often had a bag of my belongings packed and ready to go in case things got scary and unhinged.

I sometimes wonder how my mom felt when she first left my father. My father hated it if my mom had her own job and money back then.

So when my mother left, she didn't have much. For about 2 years, she stayed with a friend and struggled.

She's doing much better now thankfully. She's saving up to buy a house. And she's much more careful about who she picks as a romantic partner (understandably so) and I'm all for it. But she's much older now and tells me she's likely not gonna search anymore. I don't blame her. She doesn't have anyone in the country but me and my brothers. I'm gonna give her a cash gift here in a couple of months.

She's my mother and I love her.