Run. Run fast. Run hard. Run for your life!
Every state has different laws concerning a restraining order. The iced tea incident would get you one in PA. Verbal threats, with the following vandalism/theft, would get you one in other states.
Take some time THE MINUTE YOU WAKE UP and call Legal Services for your town, and ask them what it takes. Here, you see Legal Services, then every woman who is able to get an order is told to meet at certain place, and escorted by deputies to a private room to get your order together. It's a great set up, and I hope it is for you, too.
Remember that the Restraining Order (Protect From Abuse, etc) is a piece of paper, so you also need to be more viligant about your surroundings.
You are not a person to this man, you are a possession. That's not going to change until he gets into major, full-time therapy. He probably feels that his need to possess you is love, but it's sick, sick emotion. Hopefully, he will be a chicken, deep down inside, and leave you alone - but don't count on it.
I'm talking from experience, and from learning more about my years in hell. May you find joy, peace, and real love in any future relationship you have.
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