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Mummydearest91 · 19/01/2024 14:19

AIBU to hate my ex

when I was 15/16 I met a man online he provided me an escape from an abusive home where I suffered sexual assault etc the reason I mention that is because I want to give insight to my state of mind anyway during our affair I knew he was married he told me he hadn’t slept with his wife in 16 years and that they are essentially good friends he had two kids the same age as me. A few sessions into our affair he told me he loved me that we were making love I said no didn’t think so but over time I considered maybe he did love me so we went on as a couple I got pregnant he wanted an abortion said it was wrong to bring a child into this I agreed and probably would have done anything he said because he was my world I had no family or friends it was just us. In the end he decided I should keep the baby as it would save our ‘relationship’ so I agreed 6 months in he changed his mind but I said I couldn’t have an abortion now because I felt it was too late at this stage I was very excited for the fairytale I thought I was getting we argued and he said he would have nothing to do with me and give me 3k a month for cost. I was very upset actually distraught I offered to adopt the baby he refused to agree said it was cruel to have a baby then give it up in the end we made up and he apologised so we had the baby. I got a huge dose of reality and adulthood at 19 suddenly with a baby I started to worry I put pressure on him to commit to being with us all the time and financially we argued all the time he even grabbed me by the throat and slammed me into the wall after I hid his passport and made him call his wife I was a mess I had this baby I didn’t want it wasn’t a fairytale I wanted to adopt her but he wouldn’t allow it I was really ill mentally and I told him I didn’t feel safe with the baby many number of times. I was also high functioning doing everything for her breastfeeding cleaning baby clubs meeting all the red book stuff etc anyway 18 months in he told his wife the truth text me on the day I was expecting him over that he wasn’t coming that he’d told his wife and needed to deal with things I behaved badly I lost it I needed him to come and help I was relying on that break help never came and many years later we have a financial agreement and a chain of some inappropriate emails here and there. So aibu to think he groomed me as a teenager ?

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TeenLifeMum · 19/01/2024 14:57

He certainly took advantage. I think grooming is a legal term so I wouldn’t want to say based on the evidence.

Mummydearest91 · 19/01/2024 14:57

I do feel he’s a total prick. Thank you. 😢

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pastelrainbowsss · 19/01/2024 14:56

100% groomed.

You were a vulnerable child. He was an adult.

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 19/01/2024 14:55

You were 16 and vulnerable given your abusive background. He had kids the same age as you. Just because it may be (just) legal on paper doesn't mean you were mature enough to deal with this. Yes he groomed you in my opinion

MorrisZapp · 19/01/2024 14:55

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Please tell me you don't have kids

Mummydearest91 · 19/01/2024 14:54

I was also technically 15 years old turning 16 that year. A lawyer has told me I should press charges which is partly why I have posted. Thinking of protecting other girls from my background. It would be a big case though a likely in the news.

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VapeVamp12 · 19/01/2024 14:53

People say at 16 you know what you're doing. LOL

But at 15 you don't?

He was 51, she was 16 - yes, he groomed you, abused you, manipulated you. He's a total prick.

Mummydearest91 · 19/01/2024 14:53

Perhaps you’re right maybe I did I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ 16 is the legal age for consent. However looking at my child I don’t know if I agree and she just a normal happy kid. When I take into account that he knew I was an abused child from a dysfunctional background it’s less likely to think he didn’t groom me.

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Mummydearest91 · 19/01/2024 14:47

51… 🙃🙂

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acatcalledjohn · 19/01/2024 14:35

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He was around 40 going by the info in the OP's post. I suppose it's easier to blame the adolescent victim rather than the fully adult man who groomed her.

Namechange1345677 · 19/01/2024 14:34

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Peggyblumquist · 19/01/2024 14:30

I found your post impossible to read without any punctuation but from the first few lines he has clearly groomed you.

MarIeyG · 19/01/2024 14:28

The only reason i'd say no is at the age of 16 I was obsessed with a man who in my mind I was totally in love with and I'd never say it was grooming because I was obsessed with him and wanted to be with him all the time. I knew what I was doing at 16.

However, was he morally right, no definitely not!