My father and bf got into a fight
Tw: drugs/violence
My partner (23m) and I (20f) have been staying at my parents place while we have work done on our house that is currently inhabitable. My father is a drug addict has been my whole life I didn’t have the best childhood and managed to move out when I was 16. I have siblings that still live with them that will be staying with me when my place is finished. My dad is a horrible parent, abusive towards my mother and just hard to be around. Today he asked my partner to take him to get from his dealer. My bf said no in probably not the nicest way but still was completely reasonable. It escalated really quickly where my father told my bf no more free loading and we have to pay rent (my father only pays $180 a fortnight in rent)
We don’t pay rent but we pay for my siblings stuff, we do all the cooking and cleaning in the house as well as my partner driving everyone everywhere as he is the only one with a license.
Well the fight got worse and my partner admitted to my father that he thinks he’s a bad father which I suppose the truth hurts. My father then proceeded to punch him in the nose. My bf took the punch and tried to walk away saying he wasn’t going to fight him, my father then punched him again from behind and started just swinging. My bf tried to push him away but I had to get between them to stop my dad. We got them seperated and my mum begin yelling at me and my partner for the whole situation which resulted in her and I arguing. My father has said we have to leave but we have no where else to go as we have 3 cats and a dog so we can’t stay in a hotel even if we could afford it and we still have two weeks until we can move back to our house.
I have no clue what to do and really am starting to stress
Posted Jan 25, 2026, 4:26 AM UTC