Why is he protecting himself more than his family. Which is us?

Yareth

Yesterday I had a meltdown, I have never been so exhausted in my 25 years of life. I have been married for two years, it was a great relationship. We’ve had our ups and downs, we’ve had so many good times, good memories. But then it got very abusive. Not only physically, but emotionally and mentally. We have been split for 7 months now, and we tried again, but honestly, after he kicked me out that first day, he was already talking to someone and I heard their conversation in the baby monitor. And broke my heart. Yet he had a audacity to take me to a lawyer to defend him. I did a lot to defend him, but he never defended me from his anger, from his pushes and punches.... yet he wants to walk away unscathed. I’m sorry but it’s been a year since he beat me, and he went to jail for 15 hrs because he bailed himself out. Yet he still calls me apologizing and sayin I’m sorry and all this stuff. I took him back, I forgave him.... but my pain was always there... after that he was just a different man. Angry and hateful all the time... today I chose to do something for me for once...take him to court and file custody of our son... I want to be happy and safe. I’ve done everything I could to fix this family... but I was so stupid and blinded by love... I realized it was never love. Love doesn’t hurt someone like that...