Hello Reddit, I am writing to tell you about my experiences last night. I am left feeling very upset and let down by my local Police force. I have been in a very shakey relationship for a long time, I have an 18 month Daughter that I absolutely love and she is my world (hence why I am sticking around).

My partner has Polycistic Ovarian Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycystic_ovary_syndrome) and I can understand that she has to deal with some pretty horrific stuff from it. She does not work and with everything she is dealing with I can understand but has not done anything to resolve these issues. We have been fighting for a long time and I have not been interested in being in a relationship with her either. I have tried to break up with her multiple times but I always end up back there as she has nowhere to go and my Daughter will suffer from me not being there.

Last time things were up in the air I went and spoke to a lawyer who advised me to try to get things sorted without getting the courts involved. I tried to get my partner's family to help as they are aware of her problems and are quite friendly towards me, this also didn't get anywhere. The house we are living in is rented in my name, I am lucky as the lease has run out and I am no longer on contract. In previous fights we have had things have got physical. I have never initiated any physical contact but I have retaliated (only ever holding and shoving to defend myself but as you know unfortuantely being a 70kg male and her being a 40kg female she can pretty much throw full force at me and any slight show of force from me causes more damage). When we fight I always try to leave the scene to let things cool but she will physically stop me leaving the house. She grabs me, grabs my stuff, I have tried to drive away but she will get in the way of the car so I can't drive without running her over.

Last night my partner was looking at my messages on Facebook (don't know why, she tried to explain that she accidently logged in, another issue who cares). She read through a message to a male friend of mine where I joked to a friend "That awkward moment where my Facebook recommended people are indredibly hot females that I can never add". Innapropriate yes but in the context it was a lighthearted play on how Facebook's people recommendation system is way off (doesn't matter anyway, should have been private between my friend and myself, no real relevance to anything else). She asked me to explain it and wasn't happy with my response that it was nothing and kept going at me (in our whole relationship as much as I dislike her and absolutely loath the idea of being with her I have never once even considered cheating or bothered with seeing another person. I also do not get any time to do anything beside work and being at home with her (she tends to want to be attached at the hip for pretty much everything).

Things escalated in the arguement, I started picking at her and insulting her (can only take so much whinging and complaining, and she complains more than anybody I have ever met about EVERYTHING). I stirred her up enough as we were both picking at stuff and she slapped me on the side of the head. I told her I was sick of it and I wanted to leave (didn't say where I was going or how long I would be, had it in my head to drive around the corner and maybe grab a coffee and come back as I don't exactly have anywhere else to go). I kept picking at her as I was trying to leave and she was picking at me as well, in the past I have lost it and retaliated but I know that this has cost me any chance to get out of the situation with some leverage and I will not make the mistake again. I get to the front door and have told her that i want to leave multiple times, have asked her to stop touching at me and she continued to grab me and stop me from leaving. I kept going at her with some pretty harsh stuff (only words but oh well they seem to be effective, I just wanted to get out of there). She punched me in the face and in the head 8 times. She didn't hold back and I don't know how but I am left without even a mark, I had a very very slightly swollen cheek and a headache but no visable signs of damage.

I immediately tried to call the police, she tried to knock the phone out of my hand and tried to stop me from calling them. I still wanted to leave the house but she was still stopping me from doing so (without me physically having to force my way out, again I am not making this mistake again). I managed to get out in the backyard and around the side of the hosue long enough to call the police (I live in Western Australia). It took around 10 minutes for an operator to answer (didn't call emergency as I figured there are probably people with life threatening emergancies and this isn't one of them).

I reported everything to the operator and she said that the Police were on the way. Police took over 2 and a half hours to turn up. In that time my partner was trying to sell the fact that everything was ok and get herself out of trouble. I played friendly as to not blow up the situation any more than it already was and didn't want to incite any further fights or arguements. About 15 minutes before they turned up they called to check on the situation and asked for details even though my partner was sitting right next to me within ear distance and could hear everything that was said, I did not feel at all comfortable to explain the situation.

The police arrived on scene and I invited them inside. They both came in and asked what had happened with both of us standing right next to each other, in previous instances (when I've apparently been violent) Police have turned up, seperated us and issued me a 24 hour Police Order (have to leave the premisis for 24 hours, and no contact between us even though she calls me non stop...). This time the Police did not seem to care at all about the sitution, they assumed everything was fine and didn't give me a chance to sit down 1 on 1 with either of them.

I didn't not receive anything written and it seemed they just wanted to get out of there. They left within 5 minutes of arriving, neither identified themselves (one Sergant and one Constable) and only one of them was wearing a name tag.

After this I just felt a massive emptyness, it seems whenever I do anything slightly wrong I am punished and if I punched my partner 8 times I would likely be thrown in jail. When it happens the other way around Police ignore the situation and treat it as nothing. Even though I did everything right this time the situation wasn't taken seriously. I took 8 punches to the head without fighting back AT ALL (anyone who has been in this situation will know how frustrating it is). I feel completely let down by the Western Australian Police here, I have contacted them requesting any information from the event and will also seek legal advise.

On another note, I'd like to hear a response from anyone who has been through this. I am living over here without any family support, they all live over the other side of the country. I feel like I am living in a constant state of hell and can't leave because I absolutely love my daughter. This has been going on for quite a while and my judgement is clouded so any advise would be very much appreciated. It was like this was finally my chance to get out of this mess with some leverage to step into the family legal system (which is very one sided for females anyway) but the Police have completely let me down.

TL DR: Took 8 punches to the head, finally had a chance to get out of a horrible relationship with some leverage in a situation regarding my daughter but was let down by Police.

I wrote this as I thought of it so sorry about many of the grammatical errors bad paragraphing and writing.

EDIT: Fixed some spelling and made it a little more readable. Also, in the past we have gone to be counselled and we determined that I didn't want to be with her and that nothing she could do would change this. She still persisted to get me to stay.

EDIT 2: I have received a report number from the Police and have requested a copy of the report under the Freedom of information act. I have also submitted an official complaint against the Police.