Assault by my sisiter in law

[helsie]

What did I do wrong ???
A few months ago my husband & I were at a dinner, my brother in law and sister in law were also there.
In the past there had been a slow disitergration of the relationship between my self and my sister in law form underhanded maligning to verbal abuse to the night when she unprovoked waited for her husband to leave my husband to go to the toilet and then came up and punched me in the face.
There had been no change in circumstances no words spoken, it was a totally unprovoked attack with such venom and hatred I still feel sick.  The next day she rang to say she felt frustrated with the situation and that is why she did what she did.
I feel I am damned if I do and damned if I don't.  
I did not press charges mainly because of my parent's in law my brother in law and the children.
Have I done the right thing, I feel so upset, confused as I have never had to deal with anything like this before.

[Can_U_Help]

Hi. Way over the top indeed? How old is this women? You can't allow people to treat you that way. Have you discussed this problem with your husband? I have a lot of problems with my in-laws from time to time and although we live within less than 5 miles from my husbands entire family, if I start to have a problem I have the option to stay away for quite sometime and I do just that. I don't know if this is an option for you but you may need to just keep your distance as often as you can, not because you are the problem, sounds like this women has a very big problem and I personaly think she should be held accountable for her actions, but I also understand that you want to keep peace also. But if a situation got out of hand like this again, I would deffinately hold her legaly accountable for her actions. My opinion is that people are allowed to behave this way without reprocutions and that's why they do. If you stand up and show them you will not tolerate this type of treatment maybe they will get the picture and back off. But my first step would be to discuss it with my husband and make him understand that it won't be tolerated anymore. This women needs help, she obviously has an anger management problem. You can't just go around punching someone in the face just because you feel frustrated with a situation. That is total adolescent behavior.

[sanicays]

can,t do anything right. does anyone have this issue, I know that I am not at fault all the time deep down inside, However I can not seem to please anyone and everything is going wrong!

[therese83]

She sounds like a Bully.  What she did was completely over the top, extreme + outside of acceptable behaviour.  I would have nothing more to do with her.