I called the cops on a couple a few houses down threatening to assault and kill each other...

[villager]

69. Boy, this post unexpectedly brings up a lot. Had a couple living next door to me in previous house..

...whose verbal fights got worse and worse. Was on the cusp of calling the cops one time, then they suddenly stopped -- though I probably should've called anyway. But it was chilling to be ear witness to.

I used to feed their dogs through the fence, since they always came up, and seemed kind of neglected. Turns out they were raising dogs for dog fighting, and when another neighbor figured it out and called the city animal folks, they up and disappeared -- taking the dogs with them -- the night before the "inspection."

The house -- they rented -- sat empty for about a year after that.

In the house I was renting, I'd sublet one of the rooms to make ends meet, while trying to keep a house where I could have both my sons on weekends, in those single dad years. I had a couple rent the room for awhile -- bad idea as it turns out. One night I came in, and they'd been fighting (they were overfond of drink), and a neighbor did call the cops on them. Police showed up shortly after I did, and I turned to them and said "it's for you."

As one of the posts on this thread noted, that shook them out of rage mode into "unite against the cops mode."

And finally, when I was living with the now-ex, before we were married, or before we had kids, saddest of all, someone called the cops on us.

We were in an apartment then. My wife had been the victim of some sexual predation as a girl/young woman, and sat on tons of rage, as a result. She was explosive. And was exploding at me at the time. When the cops came, I was the one locked in the bathroom.

Cops were freaked out because they assumed the worst -- i.e., that I had a weapon. I eventually managed to assure them that I did not. That I was just trying to wait out the rage-storm. They eventually left.

Amazing, actually, that the Ex and I lasted nearly a decade after that. But I can't stand that kind of yelling / emotional violence either. My parents yelled too much, and so did my Ex. I may have my own version of PTSD around it, I dunno.

But maybe it explains why I haven't been in a serious relationship since.

Sheesh.

Wasn't expecting to write any of this tonight!

The power of the unexpected post...