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Am I being mugged off by DP

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Maccaj78 · 07/05/2024 13:51

I have been with my DP for 14 Years which have not been easy. He has always been difficult unless he is getting what's he wants. He has never worked and I do each month he takes my wages and then tells me what I am allowed to have and then I practically have to beg for it. I earn good money yet he always insists we have none. My money pays all bills and food and he says he doesn't have anything yet there are always online packages arriving. He screams if I ask when he got them as he got them with his own money lol!! The other I questioned this again and he told me to get out of his house (which I pay for) knowing I have no where to go and that I have only just handed him my wages. I then looked into an old email of mine that he is using and found hundreds of online receipts from DH Gate and eBay as he constantly tells me he never gets anything. He just told me they were things he sent back.. lies because his wardrobe (which I rarely go in) is full of brand new clothes in packets he told he just likes stuff. He wears the same thing everyday!! He said I'm ungrateful for the thing I have and greedy and don't want to buy him anything.
AIBU for thinking I'm being used and mugged off

OP posts:
Gorgonemilezola · 07/05/2024 14:36

What's going on around here this afternoon?

KidsandKindness · 07/05/2024 14:35

I voted you are B U as you should have dumped this cocklodger 13 years 11 months, and 30 days ago OP!! What on earth are you thinking of, it doesn't even sound like you like this man, so why are you handing over your wages to him. Why isn't he working? Oh, I give up, why are you being SO STUPID? Get rid of him NOW!!

Therealjudgejudy · 07/05/2024 14:34

Just leave him.

Good grief....

KreedKafer · 07/05/2024 14:33

i don't know how to turn things around

You leave him, is how you turn things around. You should start by calling Women's Aid for some advice. I would also try and open a new bank account, in your name only, without his knowledge, so you can arrange with your employer for your salary to be paid into that instead of a joint account or an account in his name.

Then you can leave. Even if you live in a cheap temporary rental like an Airbnb while you're looking for something more permanent, you actually hold all the financial power here. The fact that the tenancy agreement on your house is in his name only means that he's responsible for paying any rent for the remainder of the tenancy. You can literally just walk away from him, with your salary, and leave him to it. You don't even need to give him your new address.

You say 'DP' - am I to assume you're not married? Even better - no divorce costs and no need to split any assets.

He is seriously, seriously abusive. Even if he's not violent (which obviously he might be, for all I know) it's still abuse. You're not being 'mugged off', you are being severely controlled and abused and it is well within your power to put an end to it now.

Ladyprehensile · 07/05/2024 14:30

Yes you are being mugged off.
Grow a backbone and start making arrangements to move out.

Are you in the UK? If so you need to get legal advice or contact Women’s Aid for their take on your circumstances.

Have to say there’s part of me that thinks this post is a send up. I can’t believe any female in our modern age would be so cowed down that she’s put up with abuse this for sooooo long.

Wishitsnows · 07/05/2024 14:26

Leave, if your name in not on the tenancy you don’t have to pay it. Speak to womens aid. Change passwords so he doesn’t have access to your accounts and open a new one updating your work to pay you elsewhere.
This is financial abuse and when you are ready you can speak to the police

OrangeSlices998 · 07/05/2024 14:26

The house is in his name? Perfect! You can just go, he will be liable to pay. Make a plan for where you can go when you next get paid; change bank details with work, get a new bank card, and please just leave.

Uncooperativefingers · 07/05/2024 14:25

Agree that it's perfect the house is in his name.

Secretly organise yourself a new place to stay, quietly squirrel important documents and clothes over there (eg on your way to/from work) and one day just disappear out of his life, ideally just before your next paycheck.

MrTiddlesTheCat · 07/05/2024 14:25

Are there children involved?

CarryOnCharon · 07/05/2024 14:24

🤔

Aquamarine1029 · 07/05/2024 14:24

STOP GIVING HIM YOUR MONEY AND LEAVE.

RIGHT NOW.

Honestly, sometimes you just have to shout because it's so unbelievable.

tabulahrasa · 07/05/2024 14:23

Just go, wait for your next wage and don’t go back.

cancel any utility bills in your make in that day, get a redirect on your post to your work and find a cheap hotel or air b and b till you can get a deposit to rent elsewhere.

Sunshineandrainboos · 07/05/2024 14:22

Aposterhasnoname · 07/05/2024 14:19

Well this is good news as it means you can up sticks and leave and won’t be liable for the rest of his tenancy. Find yourself somewhere to rent and LTB as fast as possible.

This
ideal it’s in his name. Leave and stay in a hotel whilst you work out your next move

elenathevampireslayer · 07/05/2024 14:22

When you get your next wages, leave.

Don't go home, pack up little bits everyday and take them with you then when you get paid, you just don't go back.

Its his house in his name, yet you're the one paying all the bills and he's spending your money whilst not working.

Aposterhasnoname · 07/05/2024 14:19

Maccaj78 · 07/05/2024 14:15

He put the tenancy in his name he has always controlled everything and is abusive and has made sure I have no one to turn to. I have always been submissive and took each day as it comes but I'm now doing really well at work and I have always taken great care of myself now I turned 45 and i don't know how to turn things around. He has never worked a day as he has mental health issues. (Self entitled)

Well this is good news as it means you can up sticks and leave and won’t be liable for the rest of his tenancy. Find yourself somewhere to rent and LTB as fast as possible.

Chirawehaha · 07/05/2024 14:17

I have always been submissive

Why? For what reason?

Please ring Women’s Aid for advice on how to leave.

tennesseewhiskey1 · 07/05/2024 14:17

Leave him.

Maccaj78 · 07/05/2024 14:15

He put the tenancy in his name he has always controlled everything and is abusive and has made sure I have no one to turn to. I have always been submissive and took each day as it comes but I'm now doing really well at work and I have always taken great care of myself now I turned 45 and i don't know how to turn things around. He has never worked a day as he has mental health issues. (Self entitled)

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VeraForever · 07/05/2024 14:13

I'm utterly shocked at this.

Please got to Citizens Advice at the very least.

thistimelastweek · 07/05/2024 14:09

Reverse?

nimski · 07/05/2024 14:06

WTAF have I just read. This is one if the most appalling things I have ever read. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY

DrJonesIpresume · 07/05/2024 14:04

What have I just read?

toomuchfaff · 07/05/2024 14:04

WTF?

So you're the one working? You're the one earning? Just stop handing him your wages. It's that simple. Secure all your financial accounts, change all your cards in case he has copies, change all your online account passwords.

Just walk away, don't look back. Leave this man to die in a heap of his own excrement. It's more than he deserves.

There is nothing dear about this man...

Conniebygaslight · 07/05/2024 14:03

Give up....seriously?!

WhatInTheFuckery · 07/05/2024 14:03

He's never worked in 14 years?! And how is he getting his hands on all of your wages? No wonder he isnt working, you're doing it for him. Don't give him another penny either kick him out or you go, don't stay with this man. He is financially abusing you.