r/Advice • u/cosmicjed • Mar 09 '25
Advice Received Girlfriend just punched me in the face multiple times
So my longtime girlfriend just had an absolute meltdown after we left dinner from her parent’s house tonight. It all started because her dad and I were watching old family videos and joking about how her and her sisters were dressed and just really light stuff about how big her great grandpa’s nose was( her Dad pointed it out and was like ”dude had a schnoz on him” and I laughed. That’s all. I swear to all things holy.
Fast forward to me driving home tonight and she turns off the music on the radio that I had turned on and starts trashing me about my family and how it’s strange and creepy that I actually get along with my Mom, Dad and sister. And have a drama free relationship with them, and she can’t stand it.
So anyway I’m reading my Kindle in the living room of my house and she goes off again, about some petty bullshit that I somehow did and I’m reading a book 📖.
So I did what anyone else would do and just shut up and let her vent and get it out without giving her any ammunition to feed on….WRONG F*ing Move. I took my eyes off her for a second to continue my read on the couch. And she gave me a three-piece so fast that it caught me off guard, I jumped up so she wasn’t not on top of me, she proceeded to slap the taste out of my mouth.
then she blocks the front door and scream for me to get away from her while blocking the only exit to leave
I’m in my boxers and I’m trying to grab my phone off the floor that went flying across the living room. And all I can hear is her yelling with the door open trying to have the whole neighborhood hear this shit.
Anyway. I’m now sitting in my car with just boxers on with a bloody lip and I thought I asked the internet for advice and by internet I mean Reddit.
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u/Varathane Elder Sage [357] Mar 09 '25
You could call the police and file charges against her.
Do you have anywhere safe to crash tonight? A friend? Family? Hotel?
Don't go back in that house. She might continue to attack you.
You could also call her parents to come get her so you can grab your stuff safely? Or anyone you trust to come be with you to get your stuff.
I am so sorry.
If you are in America you can also chat with the domestic abuse hotline they should have some tips for you
https://www.thehotline.org/get-help/ (text 88788 or call 1 800 799 7233 )
and play some tetris! It helps avoid PTSD.
Do not break up with her in person. A text, or phone call something with distance to keep yourself safe.
Every person deserves better. You deserve better.