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DD cruelly dumped by BF

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OutbackQueen · 13/09/2025 03:46

My 25 year old DD has recently been dumped in a very cruel way by her boyfriend. He did it once, said he’d made a terrible mistake, reeled her back in and then did it again.
She’s moved back in with me and is planning to go and live with a friend in London. I’m hurting for her and wrote this and want to send it to him. The only thing that’s stopping me is worrying that she might find out (although she’s blocked him on everything.)
It would make me feel better but is that just wanting revenge? Should I send it?

“She never knew him
The man who said he loved her
The man she thought would never hurt her
He knocked her down
Helped her up
And then did it again
He blamed her for it all
When she had done nothing
But give him her constant heart
She will never understand why
But one day, before too long
She will cease to care”

OP posts:
ILoveWhales · 13/09/2025 13:35

Maray1967 · 13/09/2025 13:32

OP says he ‘reeled her back in’, which I take to mean that he chased after her and then dumped her a second time.

No, you don’t have to stay with someone- but if you chase after someone after having dumped them once and then change your mind again you should acknowledge that that is not a great way to treat someone.

She could only be reeled back in if she wanted to be. Let's not say she had no choice in this either. She didnt have to agree to date him again.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me kind of thing.

WiddlinDiddlin · 13/09/2025 13:35

Pollqueen · 13/09/2025 10:19

I just googled K J Furnival and your post came up Smile

I am so sorry to the people newly exposed to the 'work' of Keith J Furnival... I had no idea he had an instagram, I thought you might all just get some APILN fb posts, not direct exposure!!

Maray1967 · 13/09/2025 13:32

PollyBell · 13/09/2025 11:04

So a woman goes out with someone and it doesnt work for her so she breaks up with him, they stay in contact and get back together but she is not happy yet according to you she has to stay with him even though she doesn't want to be with him because it would be cruel to break up with him

Why would this be any different?

OP says he ‘reeled her back in’, which I take to mean that he chased after her and then dumped her a second time.

No, you don’t have to stay with someone- but if you chase after someone after having dumped them once and then change your mind again you should acknowledge that that is not a great way to treat someone.

WiddlinDiddlin · 13/09/2025 13:24

OutbackQueen · 13/09/2025 07:31

Actually I’m almost in tears and feel like crawling into a hole and not coming out. Some of you will think I deserve to feel that way but I’m glad I posted because it’s stopped me from sending it and made me appreciate something about myself which I was only obliquely aware of.
I’m leaving the thread now but have learned a lesson.

Yeah I don't think theres any need to be nasty - we've all had our cringe moments where emotions have over taken common sense for a bit, anyone who hasn't is a flat out liar!

I am sure your DD has had a lucky escape, try to think of it in those terms!

ILoveWhales · 13/09/2025 13:13

Wildgoat · 13/09/2025 13:07

All you'd be doing is saying 'you have power over us' and he'd get off on it, possibly sexually

thwts a bit of a leap isn’t it. I mean he ended the relationship, the op says cruelly but doesn’t explain why she feels it was done cruelly, for all we know the simple act of ending it was cruel for her. To then run away with that and jump to he’s a pervert who gets off on having power over women is a step too far.

Quite. The odds are he'd probably be really embarrassed instead of being turned on.

He's a young man who ended a relationship. His gfs mum was going to write him poetry and now you're all painting him as some kind of abuser.

Im feeling sorry for him now.

Wildgoat · 13/09/2025 13:07

All you'd be doing is saying 'you have power over us' and he'd get off on it, possibly sexually

thwts a bit of a leap isn’t it. I mean he ended the relationship, the op says cruelly but doesn’t explain why she feels it was done cruelly, for all we know the simple act of ending it was cruel for her. To then run away with that and jump to he’s a pervert who gets off on having power over women is a step too far.

GiddyCrab · 13/09/2025 12:59

NO NO NO!!!!!

Netcurtainnelly · 13/09/2025 12:52

Butt out, will you. Nothing will change and your make yourself look a fool.

outerspacepotato · 13/09/2025 12:42

You wrote a cringey burn poem in the heat of the moment. Delete it now. I'm glad you didn't send it.

You need to let your adult daughter navigate her breakup. Give her support when she needs it but you shouldn't overstep in and act on her behalf or for her or do something like what you almost did.

You say you've had several lapses in judgement before this one. Take a day or two to reflect before popping off like you were about to do here. You would have embarrassed both your daughter and yourself.

Change2banon · 13/09/2025 12:40

TakeMeBack2Spain · 13/09/2025 10:21

Why are you telling her not to send it hours after she’s already said she isn’t????? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 She can’t not send it twice.

Learn to read.

Allthefruit · 13/09/2025 12:33

HornyHornersPinger · 13/09/2025 10:31

There once was a Mum with a DD
Who's BF was twattish and seedy!
Mum penned a bad ode,
Then to us it was showed...
And we told her it made her look weedy.

Poetry wise that's a substantial improvement

But there is nothing damnable in deciding you don't want to be in a relationship with someone.

whitewineandsun · 13/09/2025 12:29

PollyBell · 13/09/2025 12:12

Why is he terrible what has he actually done wrong?

Apparently, only women can walk away from relationships that don't work for them.

MK19590 · 13/09/2025 12:26

Oh my actual fucking god no

Onthebusses · 13/09/2025 12:22

OutbackQueen · 13/09/2025 04:15

@OuijaBoard that’s brilliant advice. Several things I’ve done recently have made me question my judgement and this is one of them!

It's 4am? No judgement. I sent something like this, but far longer, to someone in my past. I have to laugh about it now.

I'm glad you took oujaboard's advice there. All you'd be doing is saying 'you have power over us' and he'd get off on it, possibly sexually.

This is a good lesson for your daughter. People's actions are what matters.

If you want to get to him the best way is to be indifferent, for that is the opposite of love. People think it's hate, but it's not.

Wildgoat · 13/09/2025 12:20

Op, I mean this gently, are you lonely or bored? Just you seem to be making this all about you, even the “I fucking hate him” comment, staying up late, writing poems about him, starting threads, now wanting to cry as people rightly pointed out you can’t do that,

you even wanted to do it and behind your daughters back, secretly, but the only thing stopping you was if your daughter found out, so you knew how hurt she’d be, how angry , but you really wanted to do it anyway, putting your needs first, in her breakup, like it was yours. You even wrote it would make you feel better and how you wanted revenge. Can you understand why that’s a little worrying?

I would focus on what’s the root cause behind this, is there something going on or lacking in your life maybe?

This is something I’d personally self examine on, and then try to resolve what’s causing it. Getting out more maybe, increasing your social circle, changing job, volunteering, taking up a hobby, because if you’re living so vicariously through your child that you actually seriously consider getting involved in her relationships behind her back, then you need to fix that.

good luck, I’m sure with some self examination and effort you can make a big difference to your own happiness.

QuaintPearlScroller · 13/09/2025 12:14

What a strange thing to want to do

PollyBell · 13/09/2025 12:12

user1492757084 · 13/09/2025 11:56

Your daughter is so well rid of him. He showed his true colours twice so she needs to believe how terrible he is and move on.
Help your daughter settle for nicer prospects after she has become strong again..

Why is he terrible what has he actually done wrong?

ILoveWhales · 13/09/2025 12:09

user1492757084 · 13/09/2025 11:56

Your daughter is so well rid of him. He showed his true colours twice so she needs to believe how terrible he is and move on.
Help your daughter settle for nicer prospects after she has become strong again..

True colors. He ended a relationship.He didn't want to be in. Should he have stayed to spare the daughter and her mother, the poetry writing.

ILoveWhales · 13/09/2025 12:08

Maray1967 · 13/09/2025 10:37

He started the relationship up a second time and then dumped her. That’s not good in my book.

They're also mid twenties. Probably been going on since their early twenties. It's actually very common.Most people have had a relationship where they are on again off again particular that age. I've had one.

He thought he had made a mistake and realized he didn't. He missed her, started it again and realized he was right the first time. It's not nice but it's not evil.

user1492757084 · 13/09/2025 11:56

Your daughter is so well rid of him. He showed his true colours twice so she needs to believe how terrible he is and move on.
Help your daughter settle for nicer prospects after she has become strong again..

vegetarianlouise · 13/09/2025 11:38

for the love of god do not send that poem, tell your daughter this is a very valuable lesson the universe has thrown at her: once a man dumps you, you never NEVER take him back, ever. Sounds like she needs to raise her bar a bit and has been accepting crumbs for some time. Lucky her for dodging a bullet.

TheSquashyHatofMrGnosspelius · 13/09/2025 11:34

The thing is you only have one side of the story. You have no idea what the truth is and dumping someone isn't illegal or immoral.

I'm trying to imagine dumping a bloke, blocking him and walking away thinking I was finding my dignity finally and my mother was sending him poems behind my back.

This sort of thing is all part of young adults learning resilience. You should have stopped trying to take bullets for her years ago OP. London will be good for her.

Thornyrose7 · 13/09/2025 11:17

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OP, to be fair I think I would always want to support my daughter if she had been dumped, but there is a right and wrong way.I would just leave this poem as a fantasy in your head. Please.

WestwardHo1 · 13/09/2025 11:16

Glad you have seen sense OP. Thank fuck sanity prevailed.

Can I just say though that I think it's lovely that you are so supportive of your daughter. My LTR ended in July and I have been devastated. My mother has literally no concept of why this should be so. She's barely been in touch. "I mean, it's not like you were married". 🙄

Sam9769 · 13/09/2025 11:15

No! You'll embarrass your daughter. He'll think it's weird.