She Called The Cops After Her Sister-In-Law’s Husband Slapped Her Son Across The Face For Running In The House And Caused Them Both To Lose Their Jobs
It’s always a shame when family members get into arguments so bad that it splits the family. Some fights are too intense to forgive and forget right away.
Have you ever witnessed a family incident so bad that the cops had to show up?
One woman and her husband called the cops on her in-laws after her brother-in-law smacked her autistic son to discipline him. Since then, the family has been at odds.
She and her husband have a seven-year-old who is on the autism spectrum. He is usually a well-behaved child but needs reminders on certain rules.
Last year, her sister-in-law and her husband held one of their frequent family gatherings at their house, which she attended with her son. Her husband was at work.
One of her sister-in-law’s house rules is that no children are allowed to run in the house.
“My sister-in-law’s husband slapped my child across the face for running in the house,” she explained.
“It wasn’t overly hard, but I don’t think that matters. No running in the house is a set rule, but [since] my child is on the spectrum, he needs frequent reminders.”
“He skip-runs when stimming. We hadn’t even been at the house for 15 minutes when this happened, and my sister-in-law’s husband gave no warning or reminder. It happened so [quickly] that I didn’t even have the chance to speak to my kid myself.”
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With no warning, her sister-in-law’s husband smacked her son and yelled, “No running in the house!”
Unsure what to do in the moment, she panicked and called the police after seeing her son getting smacked. Her husband rushed over from work and backed her up.
She and her husband wanted to see charges pressed against her sister-in-law’s husband, but that didn’t happen.
However, the incident did show up on her sister-in-law and her husband’s background checks.
Months passed, and her husband’s side of the family was split. Many relatives sided with her and her husband.
They refused to speak to her sister-in-law and her husband, drastically changing the family dynamic, as her sister-in-law usually hosts all their family functions.
“They basically told her that since she stood by her husband and defended her husband on this, they wanted nothing to do with her,” she said.
“[She was] guilty by association. We also went no contact with her and her husband. Given the police report and it being on my sister-in-law and her husband’s background reports while the investigation and court hearings were open, they were both fired from their jobs.”
This was a huge turn of events, as her sister-in-law lost her job as a case worker, and her husband lost his job as an assistant principal.
Her sister-in-law was forced to work a cruddy retail job, and her husband claimed to be “too depressed” to find work.
Since her sister-in-law’s life has taken such a drastic turn, many of her husband’s relatives are encouraging her and her husband to forgive her and move on from the incident.
However, she feels that because her sister-in-law and her husband haven’t shown any remorse for what happened, she isn’t budging.
Plus, she’s angry because her sister-in-law and her husband have been going around and misconstruing the story to protect their reputations.
Her mother-in-law has gotten involved and wants her to apologize for “making them lose their jobs.” She’s also been guilt-tripped and accused of being the one to make everyone lose out on valuable family time because of the drama.
Still, she doesn’t feel the need to apologize and doesn’t want anything to do with her sister-in-law and her husband.
Should she consider repairing the relationship, or was the incident too serious to move on from?
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