What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
Basically I've been dating my girlfriend for 1 year and a half already. We are really close but the parents are constantly getting in our way wanting to know everything about us and even control me for me what to do or not to do. Ive handled this for one year and a half now during that time there has been arguments the parents coming to my house unannounced screaming at me. Just drama and stuff but we end up being okay in a month or so. So basically I spoke to my girlfriend multiple times about how her parents to talk me treat me and talk bad about me to others when I've been very nice to them.. I decided to go to her house I knocked on the door the dad opens the door and I said I said hey we need to talk I've noticed the dad had alcohol to drink but anyway I told him how I felt and he got mad and sucker punched me so I got mad and I got defensive and backed up and said are you serious your going to hit me. My girlfriend and her parents live in a condominium basically a lot of people hear us so he left the door opens and goes inside. In my mind I'm saying what going on so I backed up like 10 steps I'm about like 15 away from his door and he pulls out a chef knife had to be about 14 inches and he says charging at me I back up even more and he followed me to the other side of condo his wife comes out try's to find out what goes on I explain the dad leaves I tell the wife I'm gonna go I can't deal with this she tells me to wait what's going on I explain the dad comes back pulls the wife I told the dad how you gonna pull your wife like that he got mad and took out the knife and my girlfriend was infront of me I put her behind me and then the dad lunges at me missed but then punches my face I imiediately attempt to grab him and basically I'm trying to defend myself so we are fighting basically about 60 Feet or even more from his house by a staircase and he leaves after I tried to get him off me by pushing him down the stairs. He disappears cops come I go down stairs I explain to the cops I wasn't resisting they searched me then they say detain him I was like what! But didn't resist I told them do what you have to do but I didn't attack him. I was in the back seat for 45 mins not knowing what's going on basically cops came said he didn't press charges and that there wasn't a knife involved and I'm trespassing. So later on that night my girlfriend calls me to tell me that her parents threatened to kill her if she was to tell the cops about the knife oh and she told me the dad ran to the house washed the knife and put it in the dishwasher. Basically my girlfriend told the cops everything that happens and the cops told my girlfriend to shut up and how can she go against her parents just for me . She replied saying I'm just doing what's right . Cops informed her the dad switched up the story I have a big bump on my head scratches swollen hands and my lip hurts and all that dad has is a scratch by his eye and his face is swollen like come on how is this right what should I do they were so many residents outside
Basically I've been dating my girlfriend for 1 year and a half already. We are really close but the parents are constantly getting in our way wanting to know everything about us and even control me for me what to do or not to do. Ive handled this for one year and a half now during that time there has been arguments the parents coming to my house unannounced screaming at me. Just drama and stuff but we end up being okay in a month or so. So basically I spoke to my girlfriend multiple times about how her parents to talk me treat me and talk bad about me to others when I've been very nice to them.. I decided to go to her house I knocked on the door the dad opens the door and I said I said hey we need to talk I've noticed the dad had alcohol to drink but anyway I told him how I felt and he got mad and sucker punched me so I got mad and I got defensive and backed up and said are you serious your going to hit me. My girlfriend and her parents live in a condominium basically a lot of people hear us so he left the door opens and goes inside. In my mind I'm saying what going on so I backed up like 10 steps I'm about like 15 away from his door and he pulls out a chef knife had to be about 14 inches and he says charging at me I back up even more and he followed me to the other side of condo his wife comes out try's to find out what goes on I explain the dad leaves I tell the wife I'm gonna go I can't deal with this she tells me to wait what's going on I explain the dad comes back pulls the wife I told the dad how you gonna pull your wife like that he got mad and took out the knife and my girlfriend was infront of me I put her behind me and then the dad lunges at me missed but then punches my face I imiediately attempt to grab him and basically I'm trying to defend myself so we are fighting basically about 60 Feet or even more from his house by a staircase and he leaves after I tried to get him off me by pushing him down the stairs. He disappears cops come I go down stairs I explain to the cops I wasn't resisting they searched me then they say detain him I was like what! But didn't resist I told them do what you have to do but I didn't attack him. I was in the back seat for 45 mins not knowing what's going on basically cops came said he didn't press charges and that there wasn't a knife involved and I'm trespassing. So later on that night my girlfriend calls me to tell me that her parents threatened to kill her if she was to tell the cops about the knife oh and she told me the dad ran to the house washed the knife and put it in the dishwasher. Basically my girlfriend told the cops everything that happens and the cops told my girlfriend to shut up and how can she go against her parents just for me . She replied saying I'm just doing what's right . Cops informed her the dad switched up the story I have a big bump on my head scratches swollen hands and my lip hurts and all that dad has is a scratch by his eye and his face is swollen like come on how is this right what should I do they were so many residents outside