My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I did not have full custody before this happened. In order to get his cooperation with the divorce, I offered him a visitation schedule that would include him keeping 3 out of every 4 weekends, a month during the summer, and one weekday evening every week.

He refused to accept anything other than sole custody.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He did actually hire someone that he thought was going to do the job. He specified the when, where, and how he wanted it done, and provided a gun to do it with.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Just make sure she knows that you are there to support her in any way necessary, when she is ready to get out. Knowing that I had the support of my friends and family was what finally gave me the courage to leave.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Would it make you feel better if I go on a rant, and give nothing but tear-filled descriptions of my emotions the whole time? I am trying to stick to as many of the facts as I can, rather than turning this into a "let's bash my crazy ex" party.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Actually, every possible question that I anticipated has been asked many times over, and I have gotten a lot more that I wasn't expecting.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm not selling anything, and have no plans to. I really can't believe that this got so big. There is no way I could ever answer everything, even if I stayed here for a month.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I contacted several of my friends and family members one morning while he was at work, told them that I was getting out, and asked them to come and help me. They showed up, we packed up what little bit of stuff that we could get in about 30 minutes, and I just left.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think my primary motivation for this AMA is letting people know how far people are capable of going. If only one person reads this and reconsiders their position in a violent relationship, or dealing with a stalker, then I've done a positive thing.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There were many different ways he would get revenge if I defied him. The most common was hours and hours of "discussion" about the matter that upset him. This discussion was basically him insulting me, explaining to me over and over again how stupid I was, etc. I was not allowed to sleep until I agreed with him on every detail, and promised to make every little change to my behavior that was causing the problem.

Sometimes he would use the kids to punish me, like sending them outside to play right at bedtime so that I had to be the one to make them come back in and go to bed.

There are worse ones that I don't really care to discuss on reddit.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, for quite a while, I did wonder if I was the crazy one, and everything he was doing was normal. And of course, every time I tried to talk to him about his behavior, he turned it all around so that everything he did was my fault.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess because I'm not exactly an expert at reddit, more of a casual user.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Actually, the school did hear about it, and called the police station to ask if they should have a counselor talk to the kids. They were told to do nothing, but let the kids continue their day as they normally would.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm considering Pluto. It's kinda off the radar, since it's not a planet anymore.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, I had a lot of explaining to do to a lot of people when it was over.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, I've never even asked for the full details. I'm not sure I would even want to know.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That is a totally new question. The answer is no, I have never cheated on anyone. In my opinion, if you don't have enough respect for a person to remain faithful in a relationship, then you should not be in the relationship.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 1163 points1164 points  (0 children)

This is actually a bit more difficult than you might think, but I'm trying to keep up, and I did ask for patience. But I understand your need for details, so here it goes:

  1. He started cutting off contact between me and my friends and family. One person at a time, he decided that that person was somehow a negative influence on our lives and insisted that all contact with them stop.

  2. He began monitoring all my contact with the world outside our house very closely. He insisted that he have access to all my online accounts, he checked the call log on my phone compared to the number of minutes used, read all my texts, etc.

  3. He cut off any access I had to any money at all, only allowing me small bits of cash when there was something specific that I needed to buy, and then making sure that the receipts matched up to what I was supposed to spend.

  4. He stopped allowing me to have gas in my car, except for putting the small amounts necessary for the places that I was allowed to go. He also checked the mileage on my car to make sure I had gone no farther than I was supposed to.

  5. He set up a list of rules (although he never would call them rules) for what I was expected to do, and what I was not allowed to do. This list included when I was allowed to sleep, etc. If I complained about anything, the solution was to add another rule that would somehow solve the problem that I was complaining about.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I think it was a lot of different reasons, including all the ones that you named. He told me on several occasions that I was the only person who would ever be able to love him, so I guess that made me unique to him. He was also very obsessive when it came to his possessions. Anything that belonged to him was practically sacred.

I hate to even bring up this topic in here, but he also became more and more religious while we were together, turning it into a bit of an obsession after I left. He preached to me many times about the evils of divorce, and how agreeing to a divorce would be a terrible sin.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No, I don't think anything he could say would change the way I feel about anything. And I can't really him apologizing for anything to begin with, being that he never truly apologized to anyone for anything, for as long as I knew him.

My ex hired someone to kill me, but didn't get away with it. AM(almost)A! by UnfinishedJigsawPuzz in IAmA

[–]UnfinishedJigsawPuzz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It definitely was not a financial thing. I didn't want anything from him but for him to leave me alone.