Hi A Thin Me,

I was very saddened to read your story. This is one situation where I would put the welfare of my wife and children above all other considerations and move away from the area, at whatever cost. These are not just idle words - we were suffering this kind of abuse 18 months ago, and, although it was financially ruinous, we moved to where we are now. Finances are still precarious now, but at least I have a wife that is not in a mental institution, and children who are not scarred for life. Both of these outcomes would definitely have followed if we had stayed where we were. You are in a serious situation there, and I urge you to take drastic action to get out of it. Is there no chance of going back to where you were happy before? I don't think you were rescued from your dead-on-arrival condition to spend the rest of your days in purgatory. And what about your child's welfare?

Your story has me very worried.

Andy