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Footballguy
We own the house next door and rent it to a family with a 10yo son. At Halloween I asked the wife about their new place in Florida--she looked at me and said, "That's Dan's place. I didn't want it and will probably never go." OK then. Last week, I saw the wife and asked about the husband and she teared up and said, "He doesn't come around much anymore."
On Friday night, there were three cop cars and 6 cops at the house. My wife contacted both and heard back from the wife. The alarm had gone off while the wife and son were at a friend's house. The husband set off the alarm (?) which brought the police. The wife said the husband wasn't supposed to be there. The police were in there for over 30 minutes.
Saturday morning, the husband called and said he had been improperly served with a restraining order (he said he had talked to several policemen). He said he was really drunk on Friday night and the police threatened him with arrest so he left. He said the wife had taken the son away for a week without telling him where they were going. He said they were going to get divorced mostly because of his quirky beliefs--he is an ardent anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist. He said he has never been physical with his wife and I believe him as he doesn't strike me as the type. Again, Saturday night, he stayed at the house with his wife and son staying with family.
Sunday morning my wife saw a locksmith changing the locks. She called the wife who said she was advised to change the locks because of the 14-day restraining order. She opened up that Dan is perpetually drunk and while he's never been physically abusive, he regularly is mentally abusive and cruel. She hopes that the order will be a wakeup call for him which indicates to me that she sees hope in their marriage.
Apart from changing the locks which she shouldn't have done, I told my wife to do her best to not get involved. It's sad that the family is in turmoil and I hope they do what's right for their son. And pay their rent. They have been in the house for ~5 years and have never been late.
On Friday night, there were three cop cars and 6 cops at the house. My wife contacted both and heard back from the wife. The alarm had gone off while the wife and son were at a friend's house. The husband set off the alarm (?) which brought the police. The wife said the husband wasn't supposed to be there. The police were in there for over 30 minutes.
Saturday morning, the husband called and said he had been improperly served with a restraining order (he said he had talked to several policemen). He said he was really drunk on Friday night and the police threatened him with arrest so he left. He said the wife had taken the son away for a week without telling him where they were going. He said they were going to get divorced mostly because of his quirky beliefs--he is an ardent anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist. He said he has never been physical with his wife and I believe him as he doesn't strike me as the type. Again, Saturday night, he stayed at the house with his wife and son staying with family.
Sunday morning my wife saw a locksmith changing the locks. She called the wife who said she was advised to change the locks because of the 14-day restraining order. She opened up that Dan is perpetually drunk and while he's never been physically abusive, he regularly is mentally abusive and cruel. She hopes that the order will be a wakeup call for him which indicates to me that she sees hope in their marriage.
Apart from changing the locks which she shouldn't have done, I told my wife to do her best to not get involved. It's sad that the family is in turmoil and I hope they do what's right for their son. And pay their rent. They have been in the house for ~5 years and have never been late.
