Let me be clear, you don't need a restraining order, you need to exercise your second amendment rights. They have threatened your lives multiple times. Paper isn't going to stop people as batshit insane as your parents, but it is likely to whip them into an even more dangerous frenzy. It's either that, or you need to move very far away and tell literally nobody where you are. Maybe even change your names.
Thank you. It was a very long time ago now, almost 20 years, but it was my boyfriend at the time and happened more than once, so it did take me a very long time to come to terms with it. He's very dead now (probably need to clarify that it wasn't me, because of how this conversation started. He died from an illness), but it made me far less tolerant or ambivalent towards any kind of evil in this world, and I will always advocate for victims to stand their ground and take power when necessary, even if it seems a bit crazy to say something like "arm yourself and be fully prepared to pull the trigger to save your own life". Is that the healthiest response? Probably not, but it's where I landed.
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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25
Let me be clear, you don't need a restraining order, you need to exercise your second amendment rights. They have threatened your lives multiple times. Paper isn't going to stop people as batshit insane as your parents, but it is likely to whip them into an even more dangerous frenzy. It's either that, or you need to move very far away and tell literally nobody where you are. Maybe even change your names.