I am widowed, with a 13 year old son that I have sole custody of. I remarried in 2017. We were together 10 years, married 8. Things got ugly over the past two years. My son and I ran out the door on Mar 1 after she started physically abusing him, and threatening worse. We left with nothing. She changed the locks. Since then I have gotten us into a nice place, hired an attorney, and started rebuilding.

She still has 99% of our property locked up in her house, and even though we have a prenup, she is attempting to make up her own rules. I have no idea what she has been doing with our possessions. I have no idea how much of a fight it's going to be to get our stuff. There is a lot of it. Some of it very delicate and very expensive. Some of it very heavy.

She is vindictive. Vengeful. There is a significant financial disparity. I do well enough to handle our new place with a little left over each month, but she has the financial clout to bankrupt me if she wanted to. She and her attorney are already playing around by re-interpreting the wording in our prenuptial agreement (which she drafted and had me sign). She claims that I "just left".

It has been over 2 mos, and I'm still on a roller coaster. After my son leaves for school I collapse and sob. At work throughout the day I have to mute myself or go into a different room to fall apart for a few minutes before meetings.

I am amazed and saddend... and frightened by how much she has changed. Either she was already this way and hid it from me, or she changed into this person. Either way it's terrifying. I don't recognize her anymore. She used to be beautiful, fun, vibrant, warm, and kind. She is not the woman I met, nor the woman I married. My son and I are grieving a loss... again.

Somebody please tell me that it gets better. Thanks.