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I knew my relationship was over when.........

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Itwasoverwhen · 22/05/2021 14:25

We went camping, there was a huge storm, he packed up his car and left me with 3 children, a huge tent to take down and everything still to pack in the lashing rain and wind because 'his stuff was packed'. I was still there an hour later and a man from a neighbouring tent couldn't even believe he had gone and just left me to struggle on my own.

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52andblue · 23/05/2021 19:07

@BabyFartsDoStink
Not wanting to be all 'elevenerife' but..
Married, needed IVF due to MF infertility. Lucky enough to have a child. Decided to try for a sibling. Failed round of IVF. Next round got pg. When I was 12 weeks he decided he 'didn't want to go through with it' and asked me to have a termination. When I said No he claimed I'd used him and tricked him into a baby. She's now 13 and utterly lovely.

RamsayBoltonsConscience · 23/05/2021 19:08

When I found his second phone and read all the messages between him and the other woman.

UnaLength · 23/05/2021 19:10

He turned up after a three-day bender with a huge love bite on his neck and tried to tell me he'd fallen on a broom and been injured.

I was 20. He got the boot not too many days later.

52andblue · 23/05/2021 19:13

I'm ashamed to say it took until she was 8 for me to leave as he was smitten with her once she was born but he's never been great with our first child and was absolutely useless as a husband. When 'pushed' ie requested to pull his weight in any capacity he became abusive (to me)

Many of these stories are very sad. I hope that we have all found peace

RavingAnnie · 23/05/2021 19:20

@Itwasoverwhen

We went camping, there was a huge storm, he packed up his car and left me with 3 children, a huge tent to take down and everything still to pack in the lashing rain and wind because 'his stuff was packed'. I was still there an hour later and a man from a neighbouring tent couldn't even believe he had gone and just left me to struggle on my own.

Your turn...

That is unbelievable. Who does that. What a selfish arse.
orlaquiver · 23/05/2021 19:30

When I was crying because I had to have a cone biopsy on my cervix. I was 21 and it was my first smear test. I was living 250 miles from my family with only him for support and I was terrified. He told me to shut up crying, I said I couldn't help it I was scared about what was happening.

His response was to say, "Fine your going to get cancer and your going to die - is that what you want to hear?'

When I finally had the operation and was in pain the next day his response was 'I'm really sorry but I just don't care enough'.

WineandWellies · 23/05/2021 19:31

Death by a thousand cuts, a few from memory:

When he picked me up from hospital after having my first miscarriage, and complained about work and annoying things people at work had done, all the way home, while I sat still bleeding and trying to hold it together in the passenger seat.

When we went on holiday and he had a strop on about something and nothing. After 3 days, a group of young pretty girls asked him to take a group picture of them. It was the first time I'd seen him smile and laugh all holiday.

When my car broke down and was going to cost me over £1000 I didn't have. I asked him for help. He said yes but we need to draw up a repayment plan. We'd been together nearly 10 years at this point, he earned a lot more than me, and I'd paid about £3k off his car loan when we'd moved in together so we could afford the mortgage.

When lockdown happened, I'd been gearing up for another round of IVF, weeks of tablets and invasive personal scans and having to inject myself, feeling bloated and like shit, then got the phone call to say all elective procedures were cancelled. I stood there and cried and it was like I'd told him it was raining outside. He didn't even get up.

In the end, it was a morning a few days later - he told me he was going to get paint for the shed. Suddenly it hit me that we wouldn't be living together in the house long enough to make it worth painting the shed. I'd had a suitcase packed for weeks under the bed. I left for my mum and dads the day before we went into lockdown.

Alonelonelylonersbadidea · 23/05/2021 19:36

I'd that day been discharged from hospital after miscarrying our twin boys at 16 weeks.
He went out that night to help his ex-girlfriend move flats. She had lots of friends in the city. I had no one. She apparently needed him more than I did though.

I knew then. But I didn't go straight away. A couple of years later he raped me the day before i married my husband.

Gymsmile21 · 23/05/2021 19:53

The poster with the child who dressed up as a vampire and was excited to show her class on zoom. That broke my heart a bit too there! Such a wanker! I hate him for her!!

BabyFartsDoStink · 23/05/2021 21:28

[quote 52andblue]@BabyFartsDoStink
Not wanting to be all 'elevenerife' but..
Married, needed IVF due to MF infertility. Lucky enough to have a child. Decided to try for a sibling. Failed round of IVF. Next round got pg. When I was 12 weeks he decided he 'didn't want to go through with it' and asked me to have a termination. When I said No he claimed I'd used him and tricked him into a baby. She's now 13 and utterly lovely.[/quote]
Wow, to say that to you after all that goes into IVF. After all the pills that send you into temporary menopause, 25 or so needles and a surgery and all those suppositories plus then the regular pregnancy symptoms- to then suggest a termination! I'm angry just thinking about it!

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 23/05/2021 21:46

When I had a medical episode and passed put at the wheel resulting in me rolling and ditching our car.... the police collected him from work. First words out his mouth at the scene "my car, what have you done to my car"

The car was in my name. I moved back to my parents a week later.

Ihatesandwiches · 23/05/2021 22:14

Funny one - when he asked for a blow job and dropped his trousers while I was still eating my curry.
Different man, not so funny - when I asked if he was only there for the child care, cooked meals and because I made his life easier. He said, 'yes'. A month in and I'm still struggling with the fact that 5 years in he was stringing me along because I made his life comfortable and would have continued to do so indefinitely with no regards to my needs or feelings!
There are some truly brave posts on this thread, and I am very proud of each one of you who made the positive choice to walk away from abusive relationships and start a new and better life. Good luck, all!

Mydarlingmyhamburger · 23/05/2021 22:15

@Gymsmile21

The poster with the child who dressed up as a vampire and was excited to show her class on zoom. That broke my heart a bit too there! Such a wanker! I hate him for her!!
I missed that. What happened?
AzureHawker2 · 23/05/2021 22:27

When he didn’t pull out on time despite promising he would (yes I know, not an effective method of contraception anyway) then when I found out I was pregnant a few weeks later refused to believe the baby was his even though we have been together 12 years and already had 2dc. I spent my whole pregnancy with him refusing to accept that I hadn’t cheated on him. Unsurprisingly dc3 looks exactly like my ex and other Dcs.
I never forgave him and wish I had left him then but I spent another 3 years with him refusing to let me go out with my friends, refusing to help with childcare so I could finish my degree or work, constantly checking up on what I was doing and sulking/ huffing for weeks at a time before I finally told him I was done. It’s been 3 months and I am so happy I’m not living under that cloud anymore!

Gucci1961 · 23/05/2021 22:36

@Alonelonelylonersbadidea

I'd that day been discharged from hospital after miscarrying our twin boys at 16 weeks. He went out that night to help his ex-girlfriend move flats. She had lots of friends in the city. I had no one. She apparently needed him more than I did though.

I knew then. But I didn't go straight away. A couple of years later he raped me the day before i married my husband.

Words fail me. He didn't want you but didn't want you to be able to be happy. What an absolute &&*^&. Flowers
StrangeLookingParasite · 23/05/2021 23:06

When I tried to talk to him about how awful everything was (he drank a lot before we got married, then really went to town after), and I was shaking. It had no impact. Later, in counselling after I left, he said there were any number of reasons I might have been shaking, how was he to know why? He really had perfected the art of lying to himself.
He thought the counselling was to get us back together; it only confirmed very clearly that I'd made the right decision.
Dickhead.

I wish I'd run him over, like Miasicarisatia did hers.

So, so many other awful moments in that relationship, but they pale next to some of the awful, awful experiences on here. Proof that some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.

Miasicarisatia · 23/05/2021 23:11

He didn't want you but didn't want you to be able to be happy
AKA 'family destroyer' :(
You are chattel, his to dispose off as he pleases

Miasicarisatia · 23/05/2021 23:16

I wish I'd run him over, like Miasicarisatia did hers
I didn't, but he did stand in front of the car and then all my possesions were out in the street in bin bags, my tyres were slashed
things have not gone well for him, I wish he could have been a better version of himself, mostly for the sake of our children but also for the sake of other people whose lives he did blight

Penpineapple · 23/05/2021 23:22

An ex from many years ago, I woke him up in the middle of the night by snuggling up to him and I had cold feet so it woke him. He didn’t speak to me for three days.

subbysammiexoxo · 24/05/2021 00:31

to whoever recommended the freedom programme, I'm 22 was told it wouldn't be suitable for me , also yes we have been separated for 6 months but have lived apart for almost a year now and I was initially leaving at the start of the pandemic, every moment I spend single now I spend thinking about him and I can't stand it, I would much rather start going on positive dates

MrsHInch · 24/05/2021 01:07

For me the reasons built up over a few years.

  1. Didn't give a toss about the fact that I'd found someone who had taken their own life and had to perform cpr. Apparently, people die every day.
  1. Faking being ill from work for 13 months and not doing a scrap of any household chores around the house, including walking the dogs! Expecting me to work a 50 hour week to make ends meet and also pick up EVERYTHING at home.
  1. His mother making comment after I got a promotion "One more step towards being a kept Man".
  1. When he finally released that he had to go back to work, he purchased a car without any prior conversation.
  1. Then finding out that said car had been purchased on a credit card, after he got rid of it and purchased another car!
  1. The absolute non existence of a decent sex life. This was during and after 6 failed rounds of clomid. The poor arse hole couldn't even get it up at the crucial time.
  1. Me trying desperately in vain to 'put a bit of spark' back in. To only receive the brush off and him saying 'I need to get my mojo back'. For me only to walk in on him in the lounge sorting himself out with a load of sex toys and porn (he was absolutely suppressing his mojo).

When I told him I didn't love him any more, he didn't do or say anything. He walked into the kitchen and started kneeding bread. My closing statement was "that breads had more action from you in the last 10 minutes than I've had in the past 10 months. I left the day after. He's never so much as asked me why or anything.

Nats1984 · 24/05/2021 01:11

When he rode around the neighbourhood bollock naked on his motorbike and then sang on my doorstep ‘don’t do this to us ‘. It was the most confirming moment ever that the last 12 months of my life had been a mistake and he was truly truly mental. I was 19 and him 33 . I was a bit groomed to be fair by him, he did stalk me for a bit afterwards and break into my house I lived alone in with my toddler... having my brother stay over for a bit did solve that though, he was chased away with a forestry axe. I’ve made much better choices since then .

Grimacingfrog · 24/05/2021 03:39

@nottomgates

An ex 10yrs ago. Started by controlling who I saw. Should check my phone and emails. Would look at internet history. Smashed up three of my phones. Got mad at me that my best friend had bought me Take That concert tickets. Made me tell her I could go. Got mad that my parents sent me an Xmas card without his name on. They knew he was a bad one. Ripped the card up and he made me give it back to them. When I was unconscious drunk woke up to him raping me. The next morning denied it was rape. I had tried to leave a few times. He threatened suicide. Final straw he was due in court for indecent exposure to a minor. I asked my parents to help me leave him and to help me stay away. By this point I hadn’t spoken to them in a year. They helped me leave him. He was sent to prison and tried to carry on controlling me with letters from prison. I contacted the warden and the letters soon stopped. Before him I was very confident and would never have thought I would have ever been in an abusive controlling relationship. I regret ever seeing him. I’m happy with my new partner- of 8 years. He knows I was in an abusive relationship but have not told him about the rape. This is the first time I’ve told anyone.
@nottomgates you were so brave to get away and I'm so pleased you've found someone nice.

I'm so very sorry about the rape Flowers. It took a lot of guts to write about it here. If it might help you, think about talking to Rape Crisis to get some support.

Newestname001 · 24/05/2021 05:47

@Rainbunny

I feel rather petty about my reasons for leaving compared to other people's experiences here but I do love that everyone posting here has one amazing thing in common. We left and are all better off for it!

I've just reread your post, and your reason for leaving doesn't sound at all "petty" to me! 🌹

Apple1971 · 24/05/2021 06:04

Took me two years to leave after first finding emails between him and another woman. He did everything to lie and cover his tracks and never admitted it was anything more than ‘flirtation’
After a difficult Two years later when I thought we had rebuilt our relationship ( moved house etc) I found emails to a different woman, then a hotel receipt. I knew I had to leave but needed time to get my finances straight and make sure I would be ok. Had some awful times inbetween just trying to sort my life out so I could go

6 months later id found pictures on his phone of other woman in her underwear and numerous messages. Found myself a flat to rent, took pictures of everything I found as evidence, sat him down and told him what I wanted (just equal share of our house and for him to pay the mortgage until it was sold - pretty reasonable ) and that I had sent copies of everything I found to a friend to store incase I needed them. He was a deputy head in a school having an affair with a teacher - so the fear of me telling his boss / family was all I needed to ensure he did what I asked for

Walked away a week later and never looked back.

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