I hear you. I haven’t made the decision to definitely leave for good yet but rather than engage in arguments with my children around, I will not stay in the house and have decided to walk out every time and have done once. We stayed in a hotel overnight – he doesn’t know where we went. Now it seems like he will push a little but hold back from letting it get to the point I have to walk out so it feels like I’m trapped.
It’s almost like being on one of those extendable dog leads!