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Divorce/separation

I am in living hell

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 11:58

Hi,

I am a university student who met her now ex boyfriend in july 2012 before coming to where i live now. He proposed in june 2013 and we planed the wedding for this year june.

Now a bit of background. We are 25 years old and I had bad relationships before, in january and february i was sick, collapsed at work and needed hospital treatment, I had to take leave of work due to anxiety depression and illness. In march we were in a terrible car accident which left me trapped in the wreckage bleeding into my stomach for 4 hours and staying in hospital for 2 weeks.

We had arguments I am fairly hot tempered and get annoyed when things are promised and not done and all i ever get as answer is i didn't think, I didn't know, ooooooohm.

2 nights ago we ahd an argument over his parents where i pushed him and ended up accidentally bruising his arm, he was not leaving when i asked him to give me breathing space and I was very hurt at the time. in december he got a dog for us.

The next thing I know is he up and runs, after I paid the whole wedding only shortly before always asking are you sure etc to make sure he is ok or if he wants to postpone. he dropped the keys to our home (rented) and ran

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Goblinchild · 11/04/2014 12:00

You sound incompatible, and I think he has made a wise decision.

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NigellasDealer · 11/04/2014 12:02

hmm the thing is if a woman came on here saying her bloke had pushed and bruised her, she would get the advice to do basically what your ex did.

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Quinteszilla · 11/04/2014 12:03

Based on what you say, I think he has made a good choice. You dont seem suited to be together. Never mind the money the wedding cost, it is little compared to the anguish of being legally and emotionally tied to a person through marriage, when the relationship is bad.

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 12:06

hi

i did not violently push him, i gently pushed him and asked to give space to breath he just crowded me and tried to force me in a corner

i agree abuse and pushing is bad but i did not do that

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Quinteszilla · 11/04/2014 12:06

He is bruised though.

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wellcoveredsparerib · 11/04/2014 12:09

How could a "gentle push" result in bruising?

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 12:09

i am writing fast and not expressing myself well sorry i am still in shock

he had multiple chances to break up i always asked if he was fine he pushed for the wedding, his mother attacked me and he was very upset that i asked for space i was about to have an asthma attack and needed him not to push me

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CorporateRockWhore · 11/04/2014 12:11

crazylife I am not really sure what you are asking, but as far as I can understand it, you and your boyfriend are 25, have a volatile relationship, and now it's over.

You have lots and lots of years in which to find a happy relationship and enjoy it. There's no reason to be miserable at 25 when there are literally millions of other people in the world you could be happy with.

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Quinteszilla · 11/04/2014 12:12

Ok, not sure whether you are drip feeding, changing your story, or what, but it seems you are now changing to make HIM appear the violent one.

In either case, you are better off without eachother.

Hot temper is excuse.

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 12:12

i think with my panic for breathing i grabbed his arm to hard and pushed (meant gently) harder.

he knows after the crash that my body is too weak to be cornered.

i just can't believe after all i did for him (emotional and financial support) that he does this

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Quinteszilla · 11/04/2014 12:12

Too much drama. Move on and sort your life out.

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Quinteszilla · 11/04/2014 12:15

Take a moment, get your story straight and try telling it without changing details and nuances, and I am sure you will get many helpful responses.

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 12:15

hi no he is not violent i really need to get better at expressing myself

he never would hit me purposfully he is a very gentil person, english is not my first language and i am stressed i will try to do better there is a big back story

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Enb76 · 11/04/2014 12:16

What do you want him to do? Stay and have a miserable relationship? I think once you've calmed down you'll decide that actually he's done you both a favour. Much better for this relationship to be over. 25 is really young and you have plenty of time to find a more stable relationship.

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 12:18

hi

no i want him to be happy all i wanted would have been for him to take all the chances he had to speak up and break up clean not leave me and make me take care of his dog

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Flibbertyjibbet · 11/04/2014 12:52

Here, take this grip.
I'm sorry you lost some money on the wedding but you are upset at being dumped and embarassed at having to tell prople the wedding is off.

No mortgage no kids, working. Living hell? This is just a blip and in the future youll look back and realise it was a lucky escape.

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Goblinchild · 11/04/2014 12:56

We don't need to know the big back story, you fight a lot, get angry, get physical, argue about family and seem a very complicated woman.
His responses to your accusations annoy you.
You are both 25, he realised that he didn't want this situation for the rest of his life and chose to go. Before a wedding, before children, before the problems got even bigger.
You sound more annoyed at having paid for things and not having been the one to call it a day than a woman with a broken heart who has lost the love of her life. Hopefully this also means that you will recover from the break-up quickly.

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 13:12

ok now let me try and get this right.

He proposed to me pushing for a wedding wanting us to start a family and got us a dog to guard the house as he loves dogs . He is a very gentil, calm person, loves nature an piece, never says what he wants (i had to guess) and his very bound to his mother.

he has hurt me several times emotionally by being distant when I knew he had problems, but he said that is the way he is and I accepted it.

About me, I am 25, I have had a bad few years and am due to stress (work and family health) currently hot tempered (this is not me agressively attacking people but me getting loud fairly fast when somehting repeatedly is done that pisses me off).

he always said he loved how I interact with children and animals and said he will be there for me to get over the stress. Because I did not like yelling at him I decided to get help because I love him a lot and his character does not get along with ANY (even peaceful) conforntations.

In march I got very depressed but together we did lots together and I tried to cheer him up from the university stress. We drove together but sadly he ended up crashing into a tree after a deer jumped out. I got badly injured and he luckily got away with a headwound that was easily fixed, the car was totalled.

I was in hospital for two weeks and I told him he should tell his parents as they will worry when they see him with a scar (he never tells them things that would worry them, he never said he had a car because his mom would have yelled and he does not like it).

he did and as he needed them around I asked them to come for him. They did and everything went well until we got home.

There I saw that they locked my dogs into the garage without water and barely food for 2 days. before they were tied up in the kitchen. My mom had organised a nice kennel for them to be brought to but he listened to his parents instead who said animals belong in the garage and outside.

They were thrilled to see us but needed food and water. When i let them into the house to get them this i was yelled at for letting animals in a human home and they started arguing. The week they were there followed with them not following any house rules (ie take your shoes of on the carpet, lock the dorrs when you leave etc) and at some point i went into the kitchen and found dirty water in a drinking bottle. I asked what it is and his mother apparently angry for ages (she and i only got along until the engagement where she ran off sulking) told me I have no right to ask and she forbids the wedding as I am horrible to her making her close the doors when at her home she can do what she wants and more

I was upset and at that point only just started walkin again, I had always said thank you and how kind of you for every help and she took offence to the fact that i was not eating her meals (I was recovering from major abdominal surgery and was not hungry).

This all flew by we tried to sort things out I crawled after them asking to communicate as this is hurting my then partner. They decided instead to ignore me.

My partner said he did not udnerstand what was going on and he saw me try hard and always said you cannot do more it's ok I am here for you but I need to be there for my parents too, to which i agreed.

Now I always made sure he knew when wedding bills were paid to give him achance and say actually I changed my mind, with the situation with his parents i worried he might need more time but he kept saying no, no you are fine.

I paid it all.

On the day he left I noticed his parents still have not said whether they come or not and the deadline for hotel and vcaterer were long done and i was unable to add more people. I asked my partner if he could call them and somehow he revealed they kept answering my emails by talking to him but he kept it to himself as they were saying that he should leave me are not welcome anyway.

I got sad and upset that they were talking like this and he slowly revealed more and more about the things he had not told me. he told me he owes his parents because they pay for him and if he marries me he worries they stop paying.

This is where i then argued that as a 25 year old he should not worry he had lots of experience in work he is hard working and smart and my parents could also support him if needed and I could take up job number 4.

This is where i started feeling the pain from my still bruised ribs and starting having problems breathing. he stepped forward and i asked him to leave the room (angrily) and he kept coming closer, not knowing how much strength i had in my arm (i cannot lift at all so I was surprised too) i grabbed it and said i am in pain go. he stepped back then tried to punch me but stopped himself and went down stairs. I eventually followed him and asked if he wanted to end the relationship as I do not know what he wants and he kept revealing only tidbits. he was silent. Shall I call of the wedding then? SIlent. So hurt and crying i went upstairs taking the dogs out of stress zone. the next thing that happened is that i heard the door. After an hour I got worried started searching for him calling ringing everywhere i was about to call the police after my mom called and said his father told her from my partner that it is over.

He ran off to a friend he met a month ago where he is living and looking for a new home, he took 90% of his stuff leaving only clothes a printer and some tidbits behind. he also left his dog.

There he says to people that he was going to break up with me and was unhappy for a year and needs this to be done.

Now, the reason i write here is not for people to say aaw poor girl as I am not a poor girl I am also not a villain who attacks people either,.

i am looking for closure and perspective. I had to cancel everything pay full rent, loose all my life savings and take care of 2 dogs when i can barely walk. My mom is very sick and my grandmother is dying this is a lot to happen in a short time span and i need to get out of this.

If he had bruised me (and the car crash does not count) i would have told him off and said that he was out of bounds and would have asked him to stay in the second bedroom. The next morning I would have talked with him and broken off clean.

I am wondering why he would let me (absoultely head over heals in love) pay for a wedding dream about it invite people and prepare for life together when he already then knew he would not want it? We did not fight like this before we had disagreements but always solved them in peace. I did not get any note, textmessage anything only his father telling my mother to tell me to never contact him again and that he wanted to leave me anyway for a year.

This is what i do not get. he had so many times where he could have said i am not happy lets be friends/lets break up.

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 13:25

i am not embarassed at calling of the wedding at all, i offered it to him when he was feeling upset. I am not angry but upset that he did not give me a clean break up. If he was unhappy he had to leave but why drag it out for a year? Why make me think that all is well? We do not fight a lot i do not attack him I have never attacked him and am not violent, i am hot tempered in stress situations

The money is not the point the point is that he watched me organise, pay and be excited and happy knowing full well he wante to leave me latest at the altar. I am thankful he didn't do that and greatful in that sence that he left before. i am hurt to find out from a third party that he has dumped me. i am hurt that he cannot just send one message: Post my things to XYZ I cannot live with you anymore I was unhappy for a while but didn't want to/couldn't I don't know whta..tell you.

Wow i did not realise how hard it is to write things properly, I am starting to realise where some misunderstandings might have happened

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crazylife123 · 11/04/2014 13:28

Either way thanks for putting things into perspective I did not realise how to see the other side as he always told me he loved me and was happy and glad for me. he lied to me and that is what upsets me, I am not trying to blame him i am trying to learn to do the right thing.

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Goblinchild · 11/04/2014 13:45

Did he lie though? Or did he believe that he would be able to cope and slowly realised that he couldn't and then ran?

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whattoWHO · 11/04/2014 14:00

You will both look back on this one day as a blessing.
You aren't compatible, his family sounds over overbearing and he sounds very needy.
No matter how it happened, it is unacceptable that you bruised him.
I'm sorry for your difficulties, but I would take time to recover physically and emotionally before you start thinking about another relationship.
Send him a message to collect the dog.
And sorry about your Grandma.

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