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DH is accusing me of cheating because DS “looks nothing like him” - wtf??

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Gamyerco · 07/06/2025 19:08

Need to let this out cos I’m fuming. Been with DH nearly a decade, married 7 yrs, DS is 3. Out of nowhere today he says he’s been “thinking for a while” that DS doesn’t look like him and he’s not sure he’s the dad. Like… what??

DS has my colouring - brown eyes, dark hair. DH is lighter, blue eyes, dark blonde. But DS has his exact chin and same daft sticky out ears. It’s not like he came out looking like the postman.

Now DH is moping round the house, barely talking to me, keeps going quiet then saying stuff like “I just can’t stop thinking about it” and “maybe we should do a test”. I’m gobsmacked. Never even looked at another man. Had a bloody EMCS, couldn’t even walk for weeks after giving birth and now he’s chucking this at me?

Told him he’s being ridiculous and hurtful. He reckons he’s “just being honest”. Nah mate, you’re being a prat.

I honestly dunno where this is coming from. He’s never been insecure like this before. I think maybe it’s cos DS is all over me at the moment and barely gives DH the time of day, but still - accusing me of cheating? That’s serious. I’m properly hurt.

Has anyone else had this crap? Did you manage to move past it or is this the start of the end?

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Chazbots · 07/06/2025 21:03

Last time I looked (have a relative who disputed paternity, well, until the kids started being the spitting image of him) the .gov website had a list of approved dna test companies.

Good luck, sounds like he's lost his senses to the interweb twats.

Pottlee · 07/06/2025 21:01

Has SIL drank the wine already? Could DH explain the mistake and ask for it back?

pointythings · 07/06/2025 20:58

I'm so sorry this is happening to you, but I think you're right to start planning your exit. Once they're that far down the rabbit hole, they don't come back. Do the test, get out, hit the CMS because he is sure as hell going to refuse to pay his dues. And make sure you know everything about his financials because you can't trust him any more.

KellySeveride · 07/06/2025 20:57

These fucking men! DH and I have 3 DS’s together…1 looks like me, 1 is the spit of DH but with ginger hair and the third looks like my fucking dad! There is a 4th dc too but she’s not biologically DH’s so not relevant in this case. But out of those 4 dc, 3 of them are redheads-DH and I both have brown hair. Never once has he questioned the paternity of the three DS’s (despite the fact that I even once had a TA ask me if they all had the same dad!!).

Anyway-like others I too suspect he’s projecting. Get the DNA test and then tell him to fuck off.

EarthSight · 07/06/2025 20:56

That Tate stuff he's been watching has made him paranoid that he's been cucked or emasculated, given that he's having a few bonding issues with your son.

I'd be very concerned if someone drew a parallel between Tate type material and men just expressing themselves 😐 It's a thinly veiled way of saying he likes that sort of stuff.

Gamyerco · 07/06/2025 20:55

Yeah you’re all right – it’s bloody grim. I did a bit of digging earlier and some of the vids in his watch history are full-on MRA crap. Proper toxic stuff. “All women cheat”, “paternity fraud is normal”, “masculinity under attack” – absolute brain sludge. Can’t believe he’s gone from normal, funny, mostly decent bloke to this overnight. Feels like I’ve lost him to the internet.

I might try saying that to him, that I see what’s happening and he needs to snap out of it if there’s any hope. But truth is, part of me’s already halfway out the door. I don’t even want to touch him right now. Don’t want him near me. It’s not just the accusation – it’s that he looked me dead in the eye and said he didn’t know if DS was his. After everything. How do you come back from that?

He’s upstairs now watching telly like nothing’s happened. I’m downstairs shaking.

I’ll get the test sorted, more for my own sanity at this point. But yeah. He’s a prize cockwomble and I deserve better. Just need to get through the next few days without crying in front of DS.

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PurpleRivers · 07/06/2025 20:53

I wonder if he's not feeling a bond with DS and is looking for a reason as he can't accept its just that he's not managed to.
Get the test done, that needs doing for DSs sake so his dad has certainty.
Then what you decide to do about the relationship is a personal decision, only you know what he's like fully.

Dymaxion · 07/06/2025 20:47

Either he is a weak of brain sort that is easily radicalised by Andrew Tate and his kind or he is projecting because he is having an affair and would rather you were the baddie in the scenario. Essentially a common or garden knob !

Namechangean · 07/06/2025 20:45

YRGAM · 07/06/2025 20:34

Tate et al are so, so poisonous to men, these people deliberately prey on insecurities to indoctrinate men to hate women. The comment about someone rewiring his brain exactly matches what can happen to men who let themselves get sucked in with this

It might be worth approaching it from this angle OP - telling him you know he's been watching Tate and he's been sucked in, and that he basically needs to choose between MRA YouTube and remaining married and living with his family

My dad has been completely radicalised, he wasn’t amazing before, but he had critical thought, but it’s got to the point he gets all his news from social media and doesn’t understand that algorithms send him down a rabbit hole. He’s single and in his 60s and I’m nearing 40 but he’s very worried about children being kept from their fathers at the moment. Thinks there’s a big conspiracy. I log in to his instagram from time to time to follow cute dog pages and men’s mental health charities to try and mess up his algorithm lol. But every time I log in it’s just a bunch of American conspiracy theorist’s. He’s been getting a lot of anger and rage recently and it’s really impacting him and he’s starting to see it’s being caused by the videos he watches online but he just laughed when I suggested a social media detox

mathanxiety · 07/06/2025 20:44

Gamyerco · 07/06/2025 20:28

Bloody hell I hadn’t even thought about him faking the DNA test somehow. What a world we live in where that’s even a thing. Will make sure it’s all done properly, through a proper place, no chance of any funny business.

You might be onto something re the incel stuff. I’ve caught him watching clips of that Andrew Tate prick before, thought he was just doomscrolling and didn’t take it seriously but maybe I should’ve. He’s def been different since he started watching all that “alpha male” crap. Gets really defensive if I question it too. Says I’m “against men expressing themselves” which is just… no.

Honestly I feel like I don’t even know him anymore. Like someone’s crawled inside his head and rewired it. The trust’s gone. Whether it’s cheating or brainrot from YouTube I dunno, but something’s poisoned him.

I don’t even know if I want to fix it now. Just feel so done.

Stick with that feeling of being so done.

Gather all the financial information you need to take to a solicitor.

Get the test done at a proper facility. Then serve him with divorce papers.

BunnyEaster · 07/06/2025 20:43

Op this is so sad. I hope you to the bottom of this. What a prize prick he is

mathanxiety · 07/06/2025 20:41

I think your relationship is over. I mean, can you seriously ever see yourself having sex with this man again?

Aulddeacon · 07/06/2025 20:39

DrDameKatyDeniseInExile · 07/06/2025 20:38

Newsflash - I don’t owe you nice

Dear god

DrDameKatyDeniseInExile · 07/06/2025 20:38

Aulddeacon · 07/06/2025 20:26

Well you sound like a very lovely person

Newsflash - I don’t owe you nice

Aulddeacon · 07/06/2025 20:37

Dingalingalong · 07/06/2025 20:35

Other PP is saying you're doing that classic man thing of blaming the woman's hormones (menopause or otherwise).
Your words: "many a man has been accused of some terrible things when their wife’s are going through the menopause."
🙄🙄🙄
Men have proven themselves to often be shameless pieces of shit, time and time and time and time again. Nothing to do with anyone's menopause.

Well that makes perfect sense

Dingalingalong · 07/06/2025 20:35

Aulddeacon · 07/06/2025 20:31

Who’s blaming the man’s hormones??

Other PP is saying you're doing that classic man thing of blaming the woman's hormones (menopause or otherwise).
Your words: "many a man has been accused of some terrible things when their wife’s are going through the menopause."
🙄🙄🙄
Men have proven themselves to often be shameless pieces of shit, time and time and time and time again. Nothing to do with anyone's menopause.

YRGAM · 07/06/2025 20:34

Tate et al are so, so poisonous to men, these people deliberately prey on insecurities to indoctrinate men to hate women. The comment about someone rewiring his brain exactly matches what can happen to men who let themselves get sucked in with this

It might be worth approaching it from this angle OP - telling him you know he's been watching Tate and he's been sucked in, and that he basically needs to choose between MRA YouTube and remaining married and living with his family

Calliopespa · 07/06/2025 20:32

sameshizz · 07/06/2025 19:10

If this is genuinely the first time he’s acted like this then I’d put money on the fact that he’s projecting and it’s him that’s doing the cheating

I wondered that.
Just get a dna to shut him up/ flush out the real issue.

Aulddeacon · 07/06/2025 20:31

gamerchick · 07/06/2025 20:30

It's true though. Always a bloke who blames the hormones. It gets on our wick.

OP this is quite common when a mans fucking about. It's part of the detachment. Either way it's the beginning of the end.

I've read this stuff before. The lass agrees to the test and serves the divorce papers when the result comes back.

Who’s blaming the man’s hormones??

crumpet · 07/06/2025 20:31

There would be no coming back from this for me. Good luck OP - hold your head high, there is life after divorce, and it can be a good one too!

gamerchick · 07/06/2025 20:30

Aulddeacon · 07/06/2025 20:26

Well you sound like a very lovely person

It's true though. Always a bloke who blames the hormones. It gets on our wick.

OP this is quite common when a mans fucking about. It's part of the detachment. Either way it's the beginning of the end.

I've read this stuff before. The lass agrees to the test and serves the divorce papers when the result comes back.

Hoardasauruskaren · 07/06/2025 20:29

DrDameKatyDeniseInExile · 07/06/2025 20:24

What the fuck are you talking about and what has it got to do with the OP?
MRA Reddit is that way 👉

I think this poster is just pointing out that someone could be malicious & telling the OPs DH lies out of spite!

Gamyerco · 07/06/2025 20:28

Bloody hell I hadn’t even thought about him faking the DNA test somehow. What a world we live in where that’s even a thing. Will make sure it’s all done properly, through a proper place, no chance of any funny business.

You might be onto something re the incel stuff. I’ve caught him watching clips of that Andrew Tate prick before, thought he was just doomscrolling and didn’t take it seriously but maybe I should’ve. He’s def been different since he started watching all that “alpha male” crap. Gets really defensive if I question it too. Says I’m “against men expressing themselves” which is just… no.

Honestly I feel like I don’t even know him anymore. Like someone’s crawled inside his head and rewired it. The trust’s gone. Whether it’s cheating or brainrot from YouTube I dunno, but something’s poisoned him.

I don’t even know if I want to fix it now. Just feel so done.

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Tontostitis · 07/06/2025 20:27

Id be looking at gus online behaviour there's lots of angry male sites saying all fathers should get paternity tests. It's proper nasty stuff and if he's starting down that rabbit hole a paternity test followed by a divorceight he your best bet. What an utter fucking cockwomble

Aulddeacon · 07/06/2025 20:26

DrDameKatyDeniseInExile · 07/06/2025 20:24

What the fuck are you talking about and what has it got to do with the OP?
MRA Reddit is that way 👉

Well you sound like a very lovely person