Why does he think he should get off easy after what he did?
My boyfriend committed second degree strangulation when he strangled me last year. I went to the cops the day after (stupid I know, should have called the cops when it happened) We agreed after it happened that he needed counseling... he put off doing it due to lack of funds. Due to this incident we had to go to court where they mandated counseling for wellness as well as anger management. His counselor has been seeing him once every 2 weeks give or take for the last 5 months or so and now, due to a busy schedule, has knocked it down to once a month.
I told my boyfriend I was not happy with this as I don't believe counseling once a month to cover his wellness and management would be effective given it's only a 45 minute session. I said I would like him to go to a counselor once a week. He went off in a rage saying that he would not be told he needs to go to a counselor once a week and will only put in minimal effort and do what the court made him and that if I have an issue to take it up with the court. He then also went on to say that I was minimizing th effort and the results of the last five months of work which I never mentioned. He has issues other than anger management. He went on to say I was using this as a reason to try to break up with him... which I never even mentioned anything about breaking up.
I guess I don't understand why, after what he did, he thinks it's OK to go to a therapist once a month and that is enough 'punishment' for what he did? I just don't get it.
I should also add when the cops questioned him, he didn't even man up to it, he said we bumped into each other fell and then when he fell on top of me his hands 'accidentally' end up around my neck enough to make marks. Lied through his teeth.