My Ex Is Creating SO MUCH FALSE DRAMA I'm Consider Giving Up My Kids To Make It Stop r/Relationships

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[00:00:20] Now today's first story comes from Runhard9797 from the Relationships subreddit and says,

[00:00:26] Ex 42 female is creating so much drama in my 37 male life that I am having trouble coping, considering giving up my kids just to get it all to stop.

[00:00:39] I don't know where to begin. I was married for 13 years, have two small children, four and six, and after being divorced I am now remarried to a wonderful woman.

[00:00:49] Donna. My ex will not stop harassing me. I have to communicate with her for the kids. It's so contentious that the court finally ordered all communication go through an online site. I had to change my phone number and move. It was that bad.

[00:01:05] I had my kids this weekend. Things went great and I went and saw my family. No incidents. We had a great time. Then I got this email. Jill and Marvin report that they were in a traffic accident with you this weekend.

[00:01:19] In the truck. They both reported that the loud, obscene exchange between their father and the ABC towing driver scared them.

[00:01:27] They both reported that they were bitten by Greg's dog, Murphy, during their visit at your folks' house this weekend.

[00:01:33] This is the second dog they have both reported biting them.

[00:01:37] I've also posted their reports that they have been bitten by a large dog named Betsy at your in-laws' house.

[00:01:43] They have traumatic memories of metal being scraped out of your leg.

[00:01:47] I hope that you recover. Get back to your job quickly.

[00:01:50] I hope that Donna is okay.

[00:01:52] They report that you have trouble walking.

[00:01:54] This is consistent with behavior I observed at drop-off on Sunday night.

[00:01:58] You didn't get out of your new car and it appeared very awkward for you to unbuckle their booster seats from the driver's seat.

[00:02:04] I need to know about these things, please.

[00:02:07] Dog bites are notoriously dirty and prone to infections.

[00:02:11] Just because our children didn't appear to be seriously injured as you were in the truck accident

[00:02:16] doesn't mean that they couldn't be stiff and sore and possibly have internal injuries for which I need to be observing.

[00:02:22] At least I need to understand why they were stiff and sore and acted more fearful than usual when they came home.

[00:02:28] Their mild to moderate bruising and scrapes and the chunks of skin missing from their hands and fingers

[00:02:33] are consistent with their reports of the accident and the dog bites.

[00:02:36] I will take Jill and Marvin to the pediatrician walking clinic to rule out any unseen injuries and infections.

[00:02:42] It would be nice if you would call or email the doctor's office and tell them what you can about the accident and the dog bites.

[00:02:48] It could help rule out tests and treatments that might not be necessary.

[00:02:53] It would also be nice if you would pay your half of their medical expenses,

[00:02:56] especially because the accident and the dog bites happened when they were with you.

[00:03:00] Today is Jill's first day at school.

[00:03:03] I could have taken them to the doctor two days ago.

[00:03:05] If you had shared that they were bitten and in a traffic accident,

[00:03:08] that was bad enough required tow truck for the truck and medical care for you.

[00:03:12] If you want to drive the kids to Santa Barbara and back in a weekend,

[00:03:15] expose them to animals that aren't safe for children and fight with tow truck drivers in front of them,

[00:03:20] I cannot prevent that.

[00:03:21] But what happens to their little growing bodies and the events that are being imprinted on their sweet,

[00:03:26] innocent minds is very much my business.

[00:03:28] Please share all of the information regarding what happened to our children in the truck accident.

[00:03:33] Please share all of the information regarding the bites from the dogs.

[00:03:37] As a mother, it is very worrisome to hear my preschooler and my first grader

[00:03:42] recount the dangerous things that are happening to them.

[00:03:44] But it is even more worrisome that my co-parent withholds vital information about their health.

[00:03:49] Jill and Marvin deserve to know that their parents are working together to take care of them.

[00:03:54] Thank you.

[00:03:56] Opie then continued.

[00:03:58] I don't even know where to begin.

[00:04:00] The dog that was there had no teeth.

[00:04:03] Didn't bite them and couldn't have, even if it wanted to.

[00:04:07] My in-law's dog is dead.

[00:04:09] I was never in an accident.

[00:04:11] There was no tow truck.

[00:04:12] All of this is false.

[00:04:14] I can't even find a shred of a real event that could have gotten twisted.

[00:04:19] This comes on the heels of four days ago.

[00:04:22] They're trying to corner me into signing away 30% of my custody agreement and refusing to let me even look at the details of the paperwork.

[00:04:29] I'm so frazzled by all of this that, at times, I think about signing away my parental rights just to not have the stress.

[00:04:36] But I don't want my children thinking I don't care for them and abandon them.

[00:04:40] How do you reason with this level of crazy?

[00:04:44] Any advice is welcome.

[00:04:45] I need help managing this.

[00:04:48] All I can think to say on this is to make up that kind of story.

[00:04:51] But as always, I don't know anything about the law, etc.

[00:04:55] But from what I've read in previous stories with a similar kind of vibe is, you know, get a lawyer involved ASAP.

[00:05:02] Tell her the accusations she's making against you.

[00:05:06] The way that email was written sounded very much like she's just trying to get the children out of your custody.

[00:05:12] The level of detail that it went to.

[00:05:14] Trying to prove your negligence to them.

[00:05:17] But I think working with someone in the legal field who knows about this kind of stuff could pick this apart very quickly.

[00:05:25] Well, I'd hope so anyway.

[00:05:28] But N Dave T says in regard to this, in quotes,

[00:05:31] it'd be nice if you would call or email the doctor's office and tell them what you can about the accident and the dog bites.

[00:05:36] And then says, maybe you should do what she says.

[00:05:39] Email the doctor's office and tell them there was no car accident or dog bite.

[00:05:44] Another user says, if you're willing to tell random armchair psychologists on Reddit that you're considering signing away your children.

[00:05:50] Chances are good she's picked up on that.

[00:05:52] And is indeed doing whatever she can to make that happen.

[00:05:56] Get thee to an attorney as soon as humanly possible.

[00:05:59] Fight your children.

[00:06:00] One day they will know what you did or what you didn't do.

[00:06:04] Throwaway says, turn this over to your lawyer.

[00:06:07] Please fight this fight.

[00:06:09] I know it's hard, but can you imagine growing up with a mother who chooses to rewrite history and reality to suit her whims?

[00:06:17] They'd be responded saying lawyers have been contacted.

[00:06:21] No response in three days.

[00:06:23] Emailed with this craziness this morning.

[00:06:25] Still crickets.

[00:06:28] Op came back into the post.

[00:06:30] Get this.

[00:06:31] Eight years later.

[00:06:34] And says, I was looking in my profile and saw my post in this subreddit from seven years ago.

[00:06:40] My ex was causing so much chaos that I was doubting everything.

[00:06:44] That post is linked here.

[00:06:46] And then shares the link.

[00:06:47] I took everything to heart and implemented several things right away.

[00:06:52] I became a grey rock.

[00:06:54] And started documenting my ass off.

[00:06:56] I consulted my lawyers and they said they advised several steps.

[00:07:01] The first of which was a 730 evaluation.

[00:07:04] This is an evaluation done by a psychologist.

[00:07:07] That process took a really long time as the 730 evaluator got very sick halfway through.

[00:07:13] That took 10 months.

[00:07:14] At the end, the report essentially read.

[00:07:17] Mum is volatile and disorganized.

[00:07:20] And that dad's home would be a more stable home for the children.

[00:07:23] However, there is hope that mum is starting to improve.

[00:07:26] So if things are still bad in one year.

[00:07:28] It would be appropriate to change custody to dad.

[00:07:32] This was a tough pill to swallow.

[00:07:34] Things were not better and the chaos was just intermittent.

[00:07:37] So we just kept documenting and doing our thing.

[00:07:41] Eventually, we started getting lots of emails from teachers.

[00:07:44] That Jill, in particular, was often not bathed.

[00:07:47] Never had her homework done.

[00:07:48] Didn't have school supplies.

[00:07:50] And that she was failing way behind in her studies.

[00:07:52] We applied for a trial to review custody.

[00:07:55] And asked for primary custody to be swapped to us.

[00:07:58] That was at the end of 2019.

[00:08:01] And trial was set for May 2020.

[00:08:03] So, as you can imagine, once COVID hit, everything got delayed.

[00:08:07] There was a large amount of events in 2020.

[00:08:10] COVID shut down.

[00:08:12] Donna and I had a child, Rebecca.

[00:08:14] And my ex started denying visitation to Jill and Marvin.

[00:08:18] Every two weeks, I would go down, wait in front of the house.

[00:08:21] No kids would emerge.

[00:08:23] Sometimes, I would have the police come.

[00:08:25] Not to force anything, but to get the documentation in terms of a case number.

[00:08:29] This went on for four months.

[00:08:32] Before I was able to start getting visitation again.

[00:08:35] Eventually, the trial was set for summer of 2021.

[00:08:38] And went for three days.

[00:08:40] And I had over 500 pages of documentation.

[00:08:43] Day one was entirely testimony from the co-parenting therapist

[00:08:47] who had been seeing for five years.

[00:08:49] She testified that my ex was the most difficult client she'd ever worked with in her career.

[00:08:53] That my ex never followed a single agreement in session.

[00:08:57] And that she was a pathological liar.

[00:08:59] Last day of the testimony was my ex.

[00:09:01] Where she was caught lying on the stand.

[00:09:03] And was presented with evidence that she'd been secretly taking the children

[00:09:07] to a medical professional for two years that I'd explicitly not agreed to.

[00:09:11] So, starting in August 2021.

[00:09:14] The judge ordered the kids come live with me.

[00:09:16] Primary custody and limiting my ex to four days a month.

[00:09:20] It's now been three years.

[00:09:21] When Jill was in fifth grade.

[00:09:23] And she had a 26% in math.

[00:09:25] And a 40% in English.

[00:09:27] For the last three years.

[00:09:29] She's maintained a 4.0 every single year.

[00:09:32] And will be starting high school in honors geometry.

[00:09:34] Honors English.

[00:09:36] And AP biology.

[00:09:37] Marvin has also been doing well also.

[00:09:40] And just finished his first year of middle school with a 4.0 GPA.

[00:09:43] And is loving his coding and robotics elective.

[00:09:46] They have new clothes.

[00:09:48] And have learnt new skills and responsibilities.

[00:09:50] Donna has been crucial in setting up patterns to help with success in school.

[00:09:54] Their rooms are both immaculate.

[00:09:56] And they are the ones doing it with very little direction from us.

[00:09:59] They are happy.

[00:10:00] And finally involved in activities and sports.

[00:10:04] Our little Rebecca adores them both.

[00:10:07] And I will often find all three of them cuddled up together as one of the older two reads a book to her.

[00:10:12] Jill made the decision recently to stop going on visits to her mum.

[00:10:16] The chaos and drama started being directed at her.

[00:10:19] Along with lack of food.

[00:10:20] Clothes that fit etc.

[00:10:22] Marvin is still going for visits.

[00:10:24] And we're encouraging that as long as he is feeling safe there.

[00:10:27] All in all things are going well.

[00:10:29] And the kids are doing incredible.

[00:10:31] They're a hard moment still.

[00:10:33] But it has all been worth it.

[00:10:34] And we're able to shield them from the most part of any chaos their mum may want to start.

[00:10:39] If anyone is reading this that initially sent advice.

[00:10:42] Thank you.

[00:10:43] When you're in the thick of it.

[00:10:44] It is tough to not feel like it's impossible.

[00:10:46] And you will never be able to overcome it.

[00:10:49] I needed the outside perspective.

[00:10:51] And Garren Queen on the back of that one says this is a wonderful update.

[00:10:55] I'm sorry that it took so long to get everything resolved.

[00:10:57] And I'm sure it was heartbreaking knowing your children were in the custody of someone

[00:11:01] who was not taking care of them while you had to wait for the wheels of justice to slowly move.

[00:11:07] I'm so glad you persevered and did not give up.

[00:11:10] Professor Professor says from a teacher.

[00:11:12] It's so amazing to see what stability can do for children.

[00:11:16] Thank you for fighting hard for your kids.

[00:11:18] You've given them such a great foundation for their futures.

[00:11:21] There's parts of that story that have me absolute tearing up.

[00:11:25] You know the vision of which OP painted when he was stood outside the house waiting for his

[00:11:30] children to come out and you know this went out for four months and then not coming out

[00:11:34] knowing they're in that house with someone who's unstable.

[00:11:38] Who is treating them like that and having to go through all the legalities to get them

[00:11:44] out of that situation which is dragging on for fucking months.

[00:11:48] I can't imagine how difficult that would be.

[00:11:52] All I can say is is that I'm really glad that things turned out for you and your kids and

[00:11:57] that things are going it sounds like to me so much better for them.

[00:12:01] Much more stability in their lives and they're doing better in their school lives as well.

[00:12:07] But now I'm going to turn this one to you guys.

[00:12:10] What do you guys make of this situation?

[00:12:13] Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below and let's move on to another story.

[00:12:19] Our next story comes from the best of redditor updates.

[00:12:23] It's from particular anxious 208 who is the OP and says

[00:12:28] am I the asshole for skipping my friend's birthday without warning because his girlfriend calls

[00:12:32] me the typical girl best friend.

[00:12:36] It starts off with an edit saying please don't offer legal advice.

[00:12:40] My lawyer and my father are dealing with it.

[00:12:42] Also I'm not in the US.

[00:12:45] It's always worrying when it starts off saying about my lawyers dealing with this.

[00:12:49] Something's going to go down here.

[00:12:51] Miles and I have known each other since we were two because our parents are best friends.

[00:12:56] Now I would not say Miles is my best friend.

[00:12:59] He's a good friend and we do hang out on occasion but see each other on all major holidays

[00:13:03] because of our parents.

[00:13:05] We're in our early 20s.

[00:13:07] The problem started because of a dumb childhood memory.

[00:13:10] When we were eight we had a wedding play on school aftercare.

[00:13:14] I played the bride and Miles the groom.

[00:13:17] It was a play with horrible songs and uncoordinated kids.

[00:13:21] Obviously our parents made pictures and videos of that and we have one picture on our family

[00:13:26] picture walls.

[00:13:27] Miles is dating Lindy.

[00:13:30] They met three years ago and started dating last year.

[00:13:32] Lindy does not like me.

[00:13:35] Every time we consider the celebration she makes a comment about me being the typical

[00:13:40] girl best friend.

[00:13:41] She one time said that I secretly wanted to sleep with Miles.

[00:13:46] I have no clue where she got that impression from.

[00:13:49] Miles and I have different friend groups and schedules.

[00:13:52] Besides monthly catch up over food we didn't really meet that much.

[00:13:56] Things got worse when Lindy saw the wedding play picture.

[00:13:59] The comments just got more.

[00:14:01] She even started DMing me on Instagram saying she knew what game I was playing.

[00:14:06] I talked to Miles once about this and he told me to give her time.

[00:14:11] So his birthday was on Saturday and I was invited.

[00:14:14] Lindy wrote me saying something along the lines that she was going to supervise me.

[00:14:19] This was their first birthday as a couple and I was not allowed to take up his time.

[00:14:23] I was honestly just fed up.

[00:14:26] I tried talking to Miles once more but he said the same thing.

[00:14:29] So I just skipped out.

[00:14:32] When the party started I wrote a quick sorry I can't come and told him my mother was going

[00:14:36] to bring his present.

[00:14:37] Now he's upset with me for missing his birthday.

[00:14:40] Lindy is mad that I made it all about myself and my parents are upset I missed a family function.

[00:14:46] From I, the arsehole.

[00:14:48] Edits.

[00:14:49] I didn't show anyone the messages but I didn't want to make more out of this than it is.

[00:14:53] I didn't want to poison anyone against Lindy.

[00:14:56] Especially not if she is a new fixture in Miles' life.

[00:14:59] That would make both our lives more difficult.

[00:15:02] I hope that just talking about it might be the more adult thing.

[00:15:05] My parents are not mad at me or blowing up my phone.

[00:15:08] At that reddit fashion they and Miles' parents were just bummed out that this was the first

[00:15:12] birthday that I ever missed.

[00:15:14] As to why she is jealous.

[00:15:15] I have no idea.

[00:15:16] Neither of our parents ever wanted us to get together.

[00:15:20] There were no jokes or anything about it.

[00:15:22] I think they also would never want that.

[00:15:24] The wedding play picture is in the living rooms because they loved the picture and it

[00:15:28] was our first play.

[00:15:31] Absolutely not the arsehole in this situation at all.

[00:15:34] You're not to blame.

[00:15:36] I think you did the right thing by stepping back out of this after your concerns were dismissed

[00:15:40] by people.

[00:15:41] But why would you want to go to a place where you know you're going to be supervised

[00:15:45] and made to feel like shit for being there when you've done nothing wrong?

[00:15:50] You know, you say you don't want to cause drama but I'd be like, you know, just have a look

[00:15:54] at those messages.

[00:15:55] I'm going to be supervised when I'm at your party.

[00:15:58] That's why I'm not coming.

[00:15:59] They need to see the truth rather than you being the scapegoat for Lindy's insecurities here.

[00:16:04] But Beck says you've known Miles for 20 plus years and his family is close with your family.

[00:16:10] Your not being at his party was noticed and you're taking all the blame for Lindy's

[00:16:14] actions and insecurities.

[00:16:15] Screenshot her messages to you and send them to your parents and put it on record you're

[00:16:20] not attending was at Lindy's jealous behest.

[00:16:23] Not the arsehole but seriously.

[00:16:25] If the parents expect your involvement, they need to know the truth of why you weren't there.

[00:16:31] Rowan says not the arsehole.

[00:16:33] He can't have his cake and eat it.

[00:16:34] As in, he can't refuse to do something about the problem then get mad at you for doing

[00:16:38] something about the problem.

[00:16:40] I understand why you didn't want to go and I'd probably do the same.

[00:16:44] His girlfriend doesn't seem worth the mental energy and she's clearly got insecurities

[00:16:48] that you shouldn't have to deal with.

[00:16:50] Lisa knows best replies that and says because Miles likes the attention.

[00:16:54] He likes that his wildly insecure jealous girlfriend is causing issues.

[00:16:59] He's hoping OP will fight for him and his attention.

[00:17:02] Miles is the real problem here.

[00:17:04] He could have shut down his girlfriend right from the get go.

[00:17:08] To which deep guard and reply sent?

[00:17:10] Exactly.

[00:17:11] I'd just cut ties with all of them.

[00:17:13] Lindy is insecure.

[00:17:14] Miles is a doormat for letting his girlfriend treat OP like this.

[00:17:17] That's not what friends do.

[00:17:19] And it's just drama OP doesn't need.

[00:17:22] Lindy will continue to harass OP regardless.

[00:17:25] Pop some popcorn and let petty mayonnaise spin.

[00:17:29] But OP came in with a first update and says I will update you in the first part and clarify

[00:17:33] some things later.

[00:17:35] After my first post, I talked to Miles.

[00:17:38] At first, he was kinda mad and thought I'd been blowing things out of proportion.

[00:17:42] Some more details are in my last post.

[00:17:44] He came to the conclusion of taking more distance while he figures that all out.

[00:17:48] Mainly because I did not want the added stress of petty drama.

[00:17:53] Then I talked to my parents and explained to them what was going on.

[00:17:56] They were really upset by how Lindy treated me.

[00:17:59] Obviously, they weren't going to get involved but it was nice to get that off my chest.

[00:18:04] Then, nothing else happened.

[00:18:06] Until Tuesday evening.

[00:18:08] Wednesday was a holiday so some of my friends took the opportunity to go to an Irish pub to

[00:18:12] do karaoke.

[00:18:12] At some point, my best friend and I went to pee and touch up our makeup.

[00:18:18] Then Lindy and some of her friends walked in and kind of cornered us.

[00:18:21] It wasn't pretty.

[00:18:23] They started loudly talking about man-stealing bitches.

[00:18:26] And how some women were just born to be homewreckers.

[00:18:29] And imagine being pathetic enough to pretend to be a guy's friend.

[00:18:33] To fuck him.

[00:18:34] And how pick-me's are the worst.

[00:18:36] They kind of kept edging us physically into the part where the hand dryers were while

[00:18:40] pretending we were not there.

[00:18:42] Until my best friend had enough and just pushed through them while pulling me behind her.

[00:18:47] We were almost at our table when Lindy went right behind me and pulled my hair.

[00:18:51] So that I fell backwards onto like a metallic piece where you were supposed to put your feet on.

[00:18:56] It hurt so bad that I started to see white.

[00:18:59] Then a girl next to Lindy poured beer on me.

[00:19:02] I cannot really tell you what happened.

[00:19:04] There was a scuffle.

[00:19:06] And someone dropped one of those heavy pint glasses on my head.

[00:19:10] The Lindys were taken away by police and I was taken to the hospital.

[00:19:14] My parents were furious as were Miles' parents.

[00:19:17] They both came to the hospital and I was severely concussed.

[00:19:20] My nose was fractured.

[00:19:22] And the worst thing is that I have a hairline fracture in my back.

[00:19:25] I stayed in the hospital till yesterday morning.

[00:19:28] Miles did try calling me a bunch.

[00:19:30] According to my parents they told him not to visit me right now.

[00:19:34] I did get an official notice saying that apparently there was now a legal case open against Lindy

[00:19:39] and one of the girls for not only assault but also public disturbance in the bar.

[00:19:43] So now I have to deal with all that legally.

[00:19:45] I finally talked to Miles and long story short,

[00:19:48] those of you saying Lindy was isolating him was a sign that an abusive relationship was right.

[00:19:53] He told me all the things she said to him to make him feel awful.

[00:19:57] She would freak out about anything in her life and take that out on him.

[00:20:01] She would scratch him and bite him when she was mad.

[00:20:03] Her talk ended up with both of us crying and apologizing.

[00:20:07] We'll be closer again.

[00:20:08] At least we can now talk about things more often.

[00:20:11] He broke up with her and is hiding at my parents' house.

[00:20:14] So that is it for now.

[00:20:17] Opie goes into their latest update and says,

[00:20:19] I'll update immediately and go into details later.

[00:20:22] There's been an official court date set for my process against Lindy.

[00:20:25] It took two months to get and there's another three months out but something is something.

[00:20:30] Our lawyer said that Lindy is probably not going to jail as she is a first time offender.

[00:20:35] If she goes to jail it would be no more than three months.

[00:20:39] Most likely she's going to have to pay a fee of 100 days of her income or something like that.

[00:20:43] I've let my father deal with this 100% because I have no head for it.

[00:20:47] There's a second lawsuit going on at the same time as I am legally chronically ill.

[00:20:53] The hairline fracture was not a passing thing but developed.

[00:20:57] I am in daily pain.

[00:20:59] Not every day is bad but not a day passes where I am not in at least two on the pain scale.

[00:21:04] As a result I have not been able to work.

[00:21:07] Right now my insurance pays 75% of my former income and my workplace covers the rest.

[00:21:13] I'm probably going to get fired.

[00:21:14] So my insurance filed a claim against Lindy to pay my lost wages.

[00:21:19] I am right now not in contact with Miles.

[00:21:21] I try to be supportive but being disabled by his jealous ex-girlfriend made me bitter against him.

[00:21:27] He was a victim but now I can't live my life and I blame him partly for that.

[00:21:32] I'm in therapy to work through all that and have taken up some new hobbies.

[00:21:36] I've started to write more and am looking into courses or online classes.

[00:21:43] Miles' parents have been apologetic and have supported me a lot.

[00:21:46] His mother has been a saint.

[00:21:48] She volunteered to drive me anywhere and actually become friends with her.

[00:21:52] We even went to see Deadpool and Wolverine.

[00:21:55] I see that.

[00:21:56] She is a stay-at-home wife so we have a lot of time.

[00:21:59] One of Lindy's friends reached out through my lawyer offering a testimony against her own friend.

[00:22:04] She also sent a letter apologizing.

[00:22:06] To make it short Lindy had told them I was bullying her and that Miles had once already cheated on her with me.

[00:22:13] So that's where we are right now.

[00:22:15] Take care and shield your back.

[00:22:18] I do not blame you one bit from taking a step back from Miles.

[00:22:22] All I can say is I hope Lindy faces some serious consequences for the damage that she's done.

[00:22:29] She made the choice to attack you and it has created this hairline fracture which causing you daily pain now and likely for the foreseeable future, possibly forever.

[00:22:39] And there was other people saying that, you know, Lindy basically deserves prison time for this because of the damage she's done.

[00:22:46] And Opie did reply and said, yeah, but her side is arguing no accident.

[00:22:51] Basically that the hair pulling should be the offense and I just stumbled as a result.

[00:22:55] I don't know.

[00:22:57] M. Carly replied to Opie and said, that's like saying if I punch someone and their head bounces off the curb, I'm not responsible for the injuries that were caused by the curb.

[00:23:05] None of the following injuries or complications would have occurred if not for the direct actions of the plaintiff.

[00:23:11] I just forgot the witch's name.

[00:23:13] She is so responsible for any and all of the injuries that are the result of her assault.

[00:23:20] If not for her yanking in your hair, you would have not have fallen.

[00:23:24] Now I'm mad on your behalf and want to hit her.

[00:23:28] But just to finish this off, I want to say I'm incredibly sorry for what you're going through, Opie.

[00:23:33] And I think all you need to do right now is prioritize yourself in this situation.

[00:23:38] Let your father deal with the legalities and you just focus on your own mental well-being and your own health around this at the same time.

[00:23:47] You were innocent from the beginning yet suffering the most.

[00:23:52] It's fucking brutal.

[00:23:55] Much love to you, Opie, and I really do wish you all the best.

[00:23:59] Ah, deary me.

[00:24:01] But now I'm going to turn this one to you guys.

[00:24:04] What do you guys make of this situation?

[00:24:07] Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below.

[00:24:11] Now just a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting involved in today's stories.

[00:24:15] Your love, your support, your time always means the absolute world to me.

[00:24:18] So thank you so, so much.

[00:24:19] And hopefully I'll see you in the next one.

[00:24:22] Take care.

[00:24:23] And much love to you.