My partner has been arrested multiple times for DV. Most recently she flew in a rage, stood up and spit food repeatedly on me and the baby that was in my arms at the time. Basically I hate her and stay for the kid. I haven't banged her in almost two years. I don't want to get emotionally involved with a civilian girl/woman, I see that moreso as cheating. The time I spend with an escort I don't really see it as such. My partner recently found out what I've been up to and says as long as I keep making money and keep her happy she doesn't care.
Yes I know it's toxic and untenable but it is what it is for now at least.
DV only gets worse over time, not better.
It was an easy decision to cut ties with my ex's, when realizing kids will find for themselves in their future, the type of relationship they were presented growing up.
If your partner is doing things to you without even considering the baby... is this someone who might one day start turning that DV situation on the baby? It's a responsible parent who removes a baby from this dynamic. It is harder on your own, practically and financially, but the happiness, and ease of atmosphere is worth the extra struggle. You and your baby will thrive when you see what it's like to remove the negativity out of the home.
There is no honor in forcing a family to stay together to creat a perpetual generational trauma. Your baby deserves a calm and stable, predictable atmosphere they can thrive in. Not one that will keep them cowering and stifled from growth.
I know father's who maintained primary custody of their children because mom was the one the child needed protecting from. Yes traditionally it used to be mom as a default, but if she has DV charges, and acts of violence recorded with baby involved, she would lose that default.
Same as I have a friend in the reverse, where dad was forced to leave the home, because he hit his kid the last time he went into a rage on mom, and their kid tried to protect mom. Until that point she was told it would be shared custody, so she stayed, but once violence hit the kid, dad got supervised visitation. And same happens for moms.
You don't want your baby, trapped in the crossfire as they get older. Time only escalates violence, it doesn't reduce it.
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