Such a horrible experience

[mona]

My hubby came home today all covered in shattered glass pieces.. Three men from an over speeding car on the highway stopped his car for no valid reason and broke the driver seat window glass with a hockey stick. My hubby had to u-turn on the highway and they were over speeding on wrong side.. My hubby said they seemed like spoiled boys, drunk and from influential family. They asked him to step out, but I'm glad my hubby didn't, reversed the car and escaped. He already has a brain stroke history and has the clot in there still.. a head injury would have been fatal. His ofc is 40 min away from here.. and he was on the highway. It's scary to imagine what would have happened. My hubby is a jolly, witty person. He never gets angry, but when he does, it's really bad. I'm glad that he didn't think about the typical macho image and get down from his car to fight with them or talk with them.

He couldn't see the number plate, since it was dark and raining.. It was so scary, but he wasn't injured anywhere. The glass on his clothes hurt me and I bled, but he didn't. He could have been hurt anywhere, esp the eyes. What kind of people these are?! What kind of upbringing?! I have seen these incidents only in movies or crime patrol kind of serials. Ours is one of the safest state in the country and I haven't ever seen or heard anything like this till now.

We decided that he would car pool with a colleague and leave ofc by 7 daily.. I've heard of Find my friends kind of app.. I haven't found one over here. I think I'm going to write my own little piece of code and install on his phone and my family to track the location. Hubby's friend - HR in the current company comes from a family of police officers. I feel we should file a police complaint, but the judiciary system is terrible over here. Often if they are from influential family, there will be more incidents like these, once there is a complaint. We are going to talk to him if we must file a complaint. Ideally, my heart says we should have a record, but I don't know..

Horrible to think about it... We have left the car as it in the society parking space, in case for police complaint and insurance.



Life keeps on giving hints to not take anyone for granted and live in the present happily!

[tweetiepiesmom]

Oh, mona very scary indeed! I'm glad your hubby didn't get hurt. Small pieces of glass do get everywhere and its easy to get cut by them. Be careful over the next couple of days to make sure all the pieces are gone. Small little cuts are annoying and sometimes sting, happy for you that it was nothing worse. Too bad that there are brats out there who weren't brought up properly.

[ffiscool]

What a terrible ordeal, shock etc. It’s a disgrace that people get away with these things. So glad he was not hurt, sorry you got cut, thank goodness he’s home safe

[mona]

I had to clean the house, washroom and his clothes carefully multiple times. We haven't cleaned the car. I'm not sure if I can clean the car with a vacuum cleaner?! Never came across cleaning so much of shattered glass pieces..

I don't think he will travel in his car for next few days for safety and not on his regular commute time.. just in case, if they had noted the license plate number.. such kind of people don't have any morale and are psychotic..

Hubby said he felt angry at what happened and wanted to get out of the car, but then he thought about me.. I'm glad he did. I've held back my tears, but it feels scary.. When he had a stroke, the doctors had said he had 50- 50 chances of survival. I have been always scared of loosing him since then, sub consciously, since the doctors have never given a straight answer to me about his longevity or life risk. We don't talk about it anymore, just the lifelong meds and regular followups with the doctor.. We decided to live in the present, away from toxic people and stay happy while we can. But such incidents bring back all the uncertainty that life brings along with it.. and the feeling to be grateful to people around us while they are still there.. 😔🧡

[Marianne Marlow]

How scary, I am glad that your husband is okay
x

[ffiscool]

It’s just horrible. Especially with his medical history.

You should be able to Hoover up the glass. Do you have places near you that can valet the car? Then they’d use industrial things to make sure all glass is gone

[mona]

ffiscool Yes, we have car valets over here. We often get it cleaned over there.. That would be better to have them clean it.. There's a man who cleans the cars of this apartment daily , but he could get hurt too..

[blueelephant]

Oh mona what a horrible experience for you and your husband. I am so glad to hear that he is ok. Sending my love X.

[tweetiepiesmom]

I agree that it would be better to have a professional service clean the car. Your regular vacuum cleaner should be able to clean up the glass. I would wait until you file the police report because they will want pictures. Will the damage be covered by your auto insurance? They will also want pictures. Wait to clean until you've filed all the reports and also take a bunch of pictures yourself.

Meanwhile, take a few deep breaths and enjoy a cup of soothing tea with your hubby.

[mona]

That makes sense tweetiepiesmom.. The vehicle insurance would cover it for sure, if we file a police complaint. If we don't, it would be at their discretion.. We doubt it was caught on a surveillance camera. There must be one but at some distance. We think replacing the window glass won't be too costly, even if they don't cover it.. Hubby had a look at the repair cost.. Insurance companies are so slow. We are yet to receive the claim amount from our covid insurance. It's mostly since our claim amount was high.. Hubby's dad had to chime in and get help from an influential friend to at least start processing it.. The last time our car engine was damaged due to flood in the city, we had to keep the car at the center for more than 1.5 month. With paid service, they do it so quick and return within a day!

I actually looked at a lot of birdie videos and photos to calm my mind and it worked. My hubby is all chilled out, as if nothing happened. I really need to learn that from him!

[Ira]

Oh goodness, how scary for you both. I'm so glad that your husband is unhurt. Hopefully something can be done about those brats, but if not then I just hope it doesn't happen again. I have no real advice to give, so I can only say that my well wishes are with you.

[ariella]

That is just horrendous! I am so sorry your hubby had to go through that mona. He must have been scared as well as angry. Sometimes the adrenaline kicks in and it isn’t until later the effects show. I’m sure he’s okay but if he gets shaky later, I think that would be normal.
You both have been through so much.
The main thing is that he is okay and he handled his emotions and did the right thing. Try and concentrate on that and not on what could have happened.
I understand completely your worry. My hubby had cancer and more recently battled pneumonia and has a horrible condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia which may involve brain surgery in the future, which carries substantial risks, I’ve never stopped worrying about him since his cancer and I never will. It is very hard to not feel stressed about them isn’t it?
I hope that the insurance sorts everything out and that the police are able to trace the despicable men who did it. It’s a miracle they didn’t cause a full pile-up accident on the highway with that drunken, dangerous behaviour.
Take the good from this - your hubby is unhurt - and try not to let your head get too loud (I should practice what I preach! 🙄). I think it’s when we’ve experienced something horrible that we really evaluate what we have and realise how precious life is. x

[criswell]

What a terrible and scary thing to happen. I'm glad your husband is ok xxx

[suesbird]

How awful Mona, glad he is ok. xxx

[Hezz]

What a horrible experience for you both but especially for your husband. It takes a lot of courage not to retaliate when provoked.