Would this class as threatening comments?

[Treesilhouette]

I’ve not slept well since the incident below. I’m anxious.

So a friend invited me round for a few hours. I had made sure all the kids were completely ready for bed when I left. I got back later a few hours later in the evening.

All the kids were still awake. They seemed happy and I gave them cuddles and insisted they really needed to go sleep.

I go downstairs and my partner was clearly upset and angry not at me but with the kids. He started venting. He said that he’d tried everything but hitting them to get them to go to sleep. He said he shouted at them. He said even if he was just outside they’re room they kept talking and laughing. He said he’d come down stairs and stopped intervening because it made him want to smash their faces in. How worried should I be?

I know he was just speaking from a position of anger, frustration and tiredness but…. Seemed a bit of an extreme thing to say.

Usually he is good at doing fun things with them and they really love it when he comes home from work which is a high stress job.

I have told a friend and my parents. I have a supportive network.

 

[Sb3stush]

It is difficult to say – maybe just exhaustion and sharing of thoughts. Not all thoughts when someone is exhasperated end up materialising. However, there is clearly some sort of issue there with parental authority and helplessness, and it will be good to talk through it more. I would say, try to continue the comversation without judgment to see what might stand in the back of this.

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