It's ok. It's been going on for years and I have let some things go, since I don't like confrontation, trouble, most of it has been mild. He has a drinking problem, a mental health problem, and his behavior is erratic and unpredictable. Recently, he has been violating noise ordinances, won't respond to me, the other neighbors, barely the cops. When he gets in trouble, he drives down the street, drunk (drunk drivers are a sore spot with me). He gets drunk, calls me on the phone, or comes over to my deck and attempts to argue or is beligerent, or eggs on the SO, despite our warnings and the cops' warnings he is not to enter our property. We call the cops each time, but they can only do so much with warnings. With a restraining order,
I can do something, and I can prevent the SO from doing something stupid (we've both had enough).
His behavior of late has me concerned, and I don't exactly feel safe since the SO leaves for work in the wee hours of the morning and is gone for a great deal of the time. I do have firearms for protection but I'm getting a new one. I hate guns, and can't fathom hurting anyone, but I'll be damned if he thinks he's going to threaten my family.
He did get help once. Maybe twice. Didn't last long. All he had to do was be cool, leave me alone, it didn't have to come to this.
