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Everydayimwingingit · 28/10/2024 12:13

I just need to rant as I can't help but feeling so angry.
Me and my fiancé have 3 kids together and I absolutely hate this time of year as its always me who pays for everything all year round the food, the utilities, the mortgage, cheap holidays and days out. I earn alot less than him so I've to be careful with money but also try to save up for Christmas as I'm the one who buys all the presents for the kids aswell as mine and his family, October is nearly as bad as my eldest has her birthday and has had a party again which I paid for but I don't mind as it made her happy, I feel like at times I can't buy them decent presents as I'm watching the savings so they end up with quite a few cheap things that end up broke or don't get played with.
We've recently had a baby and it's been so difficult not buying him the clothes that I love as I just can't justify the cost but the main reason for the rant is I've just bought a second hand playmat and got my fiancé to collect it on his way home from work and as soon as he came home he made sure he took the money for it out my purse.

I suffer really badly with mental health since having my ds so I find confrontation extremely difficult but I can just feel the anger building up inside.

Aibu to expect him to atleast help towards some of the bills or even spend time with the kids so I can have a bath in peace

OP posts:
PrincessofWells · 28/10/2024 16:20

BMW6 · 28/10/2024 16:10

Her name is not on the mortgage, she'll have to PROVE that she paid and he didn't and legal advice and representation will cost her £££££££

That is not the point. Other people may read what you've said and believe you enough to stop them seeking proper advice. Please don't give legal advice when you don't know what you are talking about.

MightSoundCrassButItsFactual · 28/10/2024 16:20

I am just sorry for you. Big plain sorry. Not pity you. Just feel sad for you
so the guy never proposed, never paid for anything, never treated you to nice dresses, flowers, spa, meals out, day trips, holidays while dating, just had his sex time with you and also made you pay - I cannot get how such men make it on the list of any woman

Allthehorsesintheworld · 28/10/2024 16:17

Everydayimwingingit · 28/10/2024 12:28

As stupid as its going to sound I'm still with him because I love him which is what annoys me and at times he does make me feel happy and safe but I'm really starting to struggle with paying for everything, his attitude when I do end up asking him for help, it got to the point where he will watch me struggling with the kids and he waits until I've lost it before he offers to help, he doesn't play with them or if he does it's just with the baby

He probably makes you feel loved just enough to stop you kicking him out. It’s a sort of “ push me, pull me” way of thinking. He’s onto a winner —- you do everything, you pay for everything and he does fuck all.
You are being financially and emotionally abused. I bet if he thinks you’re coming round to the idea of ditching him he’s just a little bit nice to hook you back in.
Call Women’s Aid then start getting all the evidence of his income for the csm.

Ilovecakey · 28/10/2024 16:16

I've only read the OP so i'm sure I will be repeating what others have already said but this sounds like financial abuse. Kick him out and go on benefits and also claim child support off him. You will be much better off! What kind of a Dad doesn't even want to buy his baby a playmat! That is a disgusting poor excuse of a Dad!

BMW6 · 28/10/2024 16:14

Heresoneimadearlier · 28/10/2024 16:10

It’s absolutely ridiculous that @BMW6 post was deleted, they were not abusive in any way whatsoever and certainly not nasty, what they said is absolutely true, this site is getting beyond ridiculous with the monitoring, if the posts aren’t sufficiently pandering to the OP it’s deleted, seen it on a few threads recently. No doubt mine will be as well.

Thanks.

IVFmumoftwo · 28/10/2024 16:11

ChristmasCwtch · 28/10/2024 14:43

How are you 3 kids in with someone who is a selfish useless arse? This didn’t happen overnight 🤦🏼‍♀️

Who is to say it was consensual?

Heresoneimadearlier · 28/10/2024 16:10

ballybooboo · 28/10/2024 14:53

That's fucking harsh, you know little to nothing about the circumstances here and are being deliberately nasty. You are obviously unhappy too, but no need to take it out on the op.

It’s absolutely ridiculous that @BMW6 post was deleted, they were not abusive in any way whatsoever and certainly not nasty, what they said is absolutely true, this site is getting beyond ridiculous with the monitoring, if the posts aren’t sufficiently pandering to the OP it’s deleted, seen it on a few threads recently. No doubt mine will be as well.

BMW6 · 28/10/2024 16:10

PrincessofWells · 28/10/2024 16:00

Op is paying the mortgage so she has a beneficial interest in it. Don't tell people incorrect information - op needs to take proper legal advice.

Her name is not on the mortgage, she'll have to PROVE that she paid and he didn't and legal advice and representation will cost her £££££££

GivingitToGod · 28/10/2024 16:07

YellowRoom · 28/10/2024 12:23

He doesn't provide for you and the children or care for you and the children. Your fiancee is actively making your life worse.

This
Your post is surreal OP. Reread it and imagine someone else had written it.
You deserve to be loved and cared for and your 'partner' sharing the financial load

Iloveshoes123 · 28/10/2024 16:05

Your finance is a grade A prick and you are being financially abused.
How could you possibly love a piece of shit who doesn't pay a penny for his kids or for his house and food. You might have no self worth but surely you think your kids deserve better than this waste of space.

PrincessofWells · 28/10/2024 16:00

MollyButton · 28/10/2024 12:30

You need to stop paying, and separate. You are being financially abused.
If in the UK you have no claim on the house, but get financial advice. Start claiming any benefits and child support. Move out ASAP.
And Women's aid can help.

Op is paying the mortgage so she has a beneficial interest in it. Don't tell people incorrect information - op needs to take proper legal advice.

IrisPallida · 28/10/2024 15:58

This is one of the worst things I have ever read on here. The 'but I love him' is just the icing on the whole shit show.

OP you NEED to speak to Woman's Aid now. They can help you with legal advice, because the cost of it will be impossible for you at the moment.

But you have got to start to understand what an absolute thundercunt this man is. He is stealing from his own children, never mind his so-called partner.

Theextraordinaryisintheordinary · 28/10/2024 15:58

Shocking and sad to read this. I think you’re coming to your senses in that you’ve written a post on here. Can you confide in someone in real life? You need help get rid of him.

Anonymousbosch39 · 28/10/2024 15:43

Dear me, i missed that, original poster says her name is on everything EXCEPT mortgage and she has also said she pays the mortgage.

She needs to get out now. What on earth is the fiance spending money on?
She's being used. He'll drop her as soon as she stops paying.

ThatIsNotMyNameSoWhyAreYouCallingMeThat · 28/10/2024 15:37

Insertcreativenamehere · 28/10/2024 15:35

Do not marry this pathetic excuse of a ‘partner’

He’s never going to marry her. Why would he? It’s got the best of every world now and it’s all on her!

ThatIsNotMyNameSoWhyAreYouCallingMeThat · 28/10/2024 15:36

How on earth have you fallen so far down this hole, OP? Of course your mental health is damaged. You’re living with a complete arsehole.

Get out and don’t look back. CMS for maintenance.

Insertcreativenamehere · 28/10/2024 15:35

Do not marry this pathetic excuse of a ‘partner’

ThatIsNotMyNameSoWhyAreYouCallingMeThat · 28/10/2024 15:35

KidneyBowl · 28/10/2024 15:26

If you are the only one on the mortgage and paying, ask him to move out. It sounds like you won’t lose any help around the house, your life will be easier and he’ll have to start contributing child maintenance. Plus you get a break when he has the kids. You will find someone who loves you for you but enjoy the freedom and more money when you do.

She’s paying HIS mortgage.

(she’s only made 4 posts in here. It’s not hard to read those even if you don’t want to read the whole thread.)

MaryGreenhill · 28/10/2024 15:31

Teenyweenytinytrees · 28/10/2024 15:05

I voted YABU because who in their right mind puts up with this crap!?

LTB doesn't sound like he will be missed in any shape or form.

Edited

So did l for this reason, it's so bad l find it very difficult to believe.

PiggyPigalle · 28/10/2024 15:27

Are you handing over the mortgage amount for him to pay it? Not sure that someone not on the mortgage would be allowed a DD to pay it.
If you have got a DD in place it should say that the payee is the mortgage company.
Can OP register an interest with the Land Registry as they're not married, does anyone know?
You certainly do have an interest OP as you pay for it.
He could be stashing his cash and one day just pay it off and out you go.

KidneyBowl · 28/10/2024 15:26

If you are the only one on the mortgage and paying, ask him to move out. It sounds like you won’t lose any help around the house, your life will be easier and he’ll have to start contributing child maintenance. Plus you get a break when he has the kids. You will find someone who loves you for you but enjoy the freedom and more money when you do.

dontcryformeargentina · 28/10/2024 15:22

Why you are with him and producing more babies into this toxic dynamics???
He is just a sperm donor, isnt he?

LBFseBrom · 28/10/2024 15:11

Everyday, I can't add to what others have said on here.

You seem to be completely under this guy's thumb and completely intimidated by him.

Good communication is vital to a healthy relationship. However your relationship is far from healthy and, in time, it will be unhealthy for your children.

I cannot imagine why you wanted to have a third baby with him but what's done is done. How soon until you get back to work?

You need professional help, Everyday, on more than one front.

Yalta · 28/10/2024 15:05

You can choose to be used and abused

Abuse when your partner doesn’t actually hit you is more subtle and it can take years for someone to recognise they are being abused

I think that we have a “switch” inside us and whilst we can walk over hot coals for people we love, we also don’t recognise the abuse directed towards us until something, even tiny happens and suddenly the switch flicks off. It doesn’t matter what happens in the future or how nice someone becomes towards us when they recognise we are done or they have overstepped the mark, that switch cannot be turned back on.

Teenyweenytinytrees · 28/10/2024 15:05

I voted YABU because who in their right mind puts up with this crap!?

LTB doesn't sound like he will be missed in any shape or form.