YOU SAID:

my wife was going to tell a joke about domestic abuse. I beat her to it

INTO JAPANESE

私の妻は家庭内虐待について冗談を言っていた。私は彼女にそれを打つ

BACK INTO ENGLISH

My wife was joking about family abuse. I hit it on her

INTO JAPANESE

私の妻は家族虐待について冗談を言っていました。私は彼女にそれを打つ

BACK INTO ENGLISH

My wife was joking about family abuse. I hit it on her