Wow, this is interesting.
Can you describe the personality of this man, as you experienced/saw him.
My mother-in-law hated me from the very first second. I never fit her idea of the “right” wife, and above all she could never forgive me for taking away her only anchor in life: her son. This was not the warm, stereotypical Italian family you imagine. My father-in-law was essentially a mafioso who beat his wife daily. In the beginning of our marriage, my ex-husband tried to “train” me the same way. Only my mental strength prevented it from working.
Everyone in that house lived in terror of my father-in-law. My mother-in-law was malicious and incredibly primitive in her behaviour. I saw everything clearly, yet I approached my father-in-law with openness and zero fear. I was the only person who could look him straight in the eyes, and I knew he respected me for it. That alone fuelled my mother-in-law’s hatred: he gave me the respect she believed was hers by right. It was striking that in that house, nobody could or would look anyone else in the eye.
At some point someone gave me a corno, the Italian horn that protects against the evil eye. For a long time I didn’t fully understand its meaning.
After the divorce, a strange moment occurred at the funeral of my ex-husband’s uncle. I genuinely loved that branch of the family; they represented the warm, authentic Italian family feeling I had always hoped for and never received from my in-laws. There I also learned many things that had been kept hidden from me.
The entire family was gathered in front of the church. I offered my condolences to the grieving relatives. Suddenly my father-in-law stepped out of the crowd and fixed me with his piercing stare. I thought: “Not this eye-game again.” I walked straight up to him and held his gaze. After a few seconds he looked away. My silent message was clear: I never was and never will be afraid of you, no matter what.
I’m certain my former in-laws no longer waste a single thought on me; they are receiving their karma right now. With my ex-husband, however, I have the strong feeling that he is deliberately sending negative energy or even curses my way.
We have been separated since 2014, and as usual he has avoided any direct contact. A few weeks ago I discovered that money has been leaving my account for years to pay an insurance policy I knew nothing about. The insurance company refused to give me information because I am not the policyholder. For years after the separation I was merely surviving, not living, so I never looked into it. Now that I’m finally putting my life in order, I investigated. My ex-husband swears he knows nothing never received any documents; he and his current wife told our son the same story. It has since turned out that everything was a lie.
I am now demanding €5,000 back and have given him until the end of the month. If he doesn’t pay, I will report him for fraud. Since then he no longer comes to the shared house, although he used to visit our son (who lives with his own family in the same building) twice a week. His wife has also stopped coming. Apparently the risk of running into me in the stairwell is too great for him.
At exactly the same time, my son suddenly announced that he wants to move out and buy his own house; right in the middle of this escalating conflict with his father. Until now we had a very harmonious life together. For me, entire worlds are collapsing at the moment, and nobody around me can understand the chain of events. To me, there are simply too many “coincidences” happening at once.