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to object to being called a dick

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Catherinethemate · 07/04/2013 21:26

Apparently i was being a dick, as in i did something to upset my OH. He told me to shut up, then he called me a dick. I objected so he shouted SHUT UP YOU DICK! in my face. A big row eventually happened. Am i oversensitive? Does your OH say this to you? Even now when i say he shouldn't have called me it he says..don't be a dick then. If someone at work or in a social situation annoyed him i very much doubt he would shout SHUT UP DICK in their face so AIBU to find it unnacceptable???

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Flojobunny · 08/04/2013 00:05

OP and DP don't need counselling. From your drip feed OP I can see you are in an abusive relationship and need to get out. This man is vile. He has no respect for you. Why are you still with him?
If a guy called me a dick, I wouldn't be too concerned, if he shouted in my face he'd have another chance to modify that behaviour but all those vile things about the CSA and your ex, his feet wouldn't touch the ground.

ReturnOfEmeraldGreen · 08/04/2013 00:06

I have been with DH for 18 yrs, married for 15 and he has never spoken to me like this (nor I to him). He cares about my feelings and doesn't want to hurt me, even when I am being a dick. I don't like the sound of your partner at all, I'm sure you can and will find someone better. Wishing you well.

MTSgroupie · 08/04/2013 00:11

Annie - Why the double standards? The OP got into the face of her DP. I suspect that she doesn't do that with friends or colleagues either.

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Catherinethemate · 08/04/2013 00:14

Not meaning to drip feed FloJo i thought i would just ask a simple AIBU but it isn't that simple really...and that was a classic drip feed, sorry guys

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ReturnOfEmeraldGreen · 08/04/2013 00:15

OP's partner sounds like he may be, um easily upset, MTS and also a complete dick Hmm

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Catherinethemate · 08/04/2013 00:28

It is a kind of cycle...We have a very complicated past which he constantly throws in my face and berates me for. He becomes pretty verbally abusive during these times,saying a lot of vile things. He dismisses things i have told him in the past as bullshit. He says the truth is not abuse and i deserve it and should show that i am ashamed of myself.???..As my actions have hurt him more than any words he could say.

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Catherinethemate · 08/04/2013 00:30

And thanks BeerTricks

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kotinka · 08/04/2013 00:31

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ReturnOfEmeraldGreen · 08/04/2013 00:34

Break the cycle. Lots of posters here recommend the Freedom programme, I have heard you can do it free online. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Everything is your fault as far as he is concerned, right? Then turn him loose so he can be happy, or mistreat someone else, more like. You will get a lot of support on here from people who have got out of abusive relationships, do keep posting. Flowers

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Catherinethemate · 08/04/2013 00:53

Thanks all...during the last spat i shouted back at him too, and slammed a door after he had gone through it when he said some horrible stuff that he later admitted was rubbish just to upset me ..though no apology for that. Each time this happens i am getting more angry and involved in the row. He reckons this time i was "cowering" and he is actually really annoyed about this. He says i was acting like he beats me and i need to understand how insulting this action is. I was feeling really panicky, a reaction to the past ex, not at all to him. Being in a confrontation actually made me freak out..like something terrible was going to happen, I explained this and he reckons i am selectively using the past??? and he is not "allowed" to. Right now he is blanking me because my "cowering" has so greatly upset him....what do you make of this...?

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kotinka · 08/04/2013 00:56

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hopkinette · 08/04/2013 00:57

Just leave. This isn't going to improve.

ReturnOfEmeraldGreen · 08/04/2013 00:58

this Knowing your history, he should take better care of you and consider your feelings, not use the fact that you have been abused against you.

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AnnieLobeseder · 08/04/2013 01:01

MTSgroupie - not sure what double standards you're referring to. I saw nothing in the OP to indicate she had yelled at her partner.

ThereGoesTheYear · 08/04/2013 01:05

What a vile, stupid man. He is making no sense, and simply picking random things (about you, things that have happened to you) to justify his aggression and anger. I'm sorry you've had to deal with this. It sounds like an awful way to live. I think the only way to deal with this is to get rid of him.

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Catherinethemate · 08/04/2013 01:06

It is all screwed up..he feels i was "acting" scared to make him feel bad...or that i am making him feel guilty for the actions of the ex..

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AnnieLobeseder · 08/04/2013 01:08

My simple standard for these situations is: does he make your life better for being in it; does he buoy you up or weigh you down? If he is not contributing positively to your happiness, why allow him to remain in your life? Only you can answer that.

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Catherinethemate · 08/04/2013 01:12

I guess it is...he ended up extremely angry and pulling a fist back..enraged by my cowering and kept shouting stop playing the victim, i am not him...

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Catherinethemate · 08/04/2013 01:19

Annie he might buoy me up more if i let him, i keep my emotional distance from him because of these episodes. So he really does put a lot more effort into our relationship than i do. I think i am getting to the point of realising this cycle won't end.

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MTSgroupie · 08/04/2013 01:19

Annie - The original OP suggested that it was a couple having an argument. In such an argument it is not unusual for the woman to call the guy a prick or a twat. I just couldn't get riled up over the OP being .called a dick.

The drip feeding now paints a picture of an abusive DP and that the verbal abuse is one sided so I like to withdraw my earlier comments.