In 2015 o started dating this guy. Nice guy, a little odd, but odd isnât disqualifying these days. It wasnât like he was a Trump supporter. We dated for about eight months before he started getting abusive. Nasty comments at first, but then he started getting physical.
He stalked me for almost three years. Phone calls, emails, driving by work and the house. He tried to get me fired. It was a whole thing. Then one night he kicked in my door.
He saw that I was dating another girl and I guess he couldnât handle it. He attacked me in my own home and nearly beat me to death.
He knocked out three of my teeth, broke my jaw, broke my left eye socket and ruptured my spleen. I incurred about $140k in medical debt. He got a year in jail.
Today someone on twitter complained about being stalked online. My suggestion to block that person was met with universal derision. I hadnât read the past five years of someoneâs TL, which apparently was required to respond to the tweet. I was labeled a victim shamer.
Iâm a survivor. The next time someone wants to accuse me of victim shaming, I want them to know this. Itâs required reading.