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AIBU to be paranoid about OH's persistent ex?

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Psychoex · 10/02/2015 14:25

Name change for this one, sorry but I post on here too often.

Currently expecting a baby with my partner, we have been together for 18 months. This is his first baby, not my first.

When we first got together, it very quickly became glaringly obvious that there was a persistent (psycho if I am allowed to use that word) ex of his.
She used to call him all hours, and send him messages.
He would show me the messages, none of them were sexual, all just stupid things like she had issues with her husband (she is now married with children) and that she needed someone to talk to blah blah.

At first I kind of let it slide, he had put her on loudspeaker a couple of times and it didn't bother me, he clearly had nothing to hide.

Roll on a couple of months in to the relationship and she started doing really nasty things. Taking pictures from my social media accounts, putting them on hers and slagging me off with nasty comments.
It soon became clear that she didn't want him as a friend, but instead wanted him back and was jealous.

My partner blocked her from his phone, social media.
She started calling him from another number, and he told her not to contact him again.

She still was friends with one of his friends, we all went out one night and one of those friends 'tagged' us in a place. She turned up.
She didn't say anything, but walked past several times.
Later on that night, the friend told me she had been writing lots of nasty stuff about me again on social media. I was pissed off, but wasn't rising to it.

A few weeks later, she tried to add me on Facebook, under another name (her company name) I declined the request.

She then text my partner on his birthday (at this point the IOS update hadn't included texts when blocking someone)
He ignored her and she text again, asking why he was ignoring her.
He ignored her again.

Roll on another few months, and we are pregnant.
I suspect she has got wind of this from somewhere, and on Saturday night at 1am we receive a constant ringing of the phone from a witheld number.
Partner whacks his phone and goes back to sleep.
I'm awake and I know who this is.

The next morning I said to him I am going to ask our friend to look up on Twitter to see if she was out (drunk) the night before.
Guess what? Selfies posted within 10 minutes of the call.

I am right to be paranoid about this?

I feel low enough as it is being pregnant and getting bigger, without the added annoyance of this woman in the background.

She isn't exactly stalking us, but she is trying to keep herself in his mindset.

He is adamant he cannot stand her. They never lived together, they were together for a year (back in the mid 2000's) and then she met her husband.
She slept with my partner whilst she was with her husband, and I suspect my partner being a single man back then, may have given her the impression they were going to be together (when he admits, that was never going to be the case)

She is in her late 30s, married as said, and lives about 3 miles from us.

We have never personally met and spoken.

Advice?

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PrettyFeet · 10/02/2015 20:26

errm without the DP there wouldnt be a psycho ex. psycho's are very rare.

Psychoex · 10/02/2015 20:27

She's a pain, before I was pregnant I could cope, now it gets to me more.

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Psychoex · 10/02/2015 20:28

He defo regrets meeting her, her actions have made him hate her.

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PrettyFeet · 10/02/2015 20:34

Well that's hormones then I guess. It is not a massive problem, she isn't knocking on your door, she isn't calling constantly.

As long as your DP is doing everything right for you/ your family and your new one that's coming along, stop dwelling on things you can't change and enjoy what the future will bring.

PrettyFeet · 10/02/2015 20:37

Whats with the him "hating" her thing now?

She is an annoyance, she hasn't done anything "criminal".

If I were you and he's lovely, I'd just brush it away knowing that you are a fantastic couple and soon to expect.

monkina · 10/02/2015 20:49

Hopefully she will eventually stop. You could ask your partner to talk to her (make sure there are witnesses around, just in case she tries to twist things) & ask her firmly but politely to back off.

I would only contact 101 as a last resort, as it may just enflame the situation and could possibly make things worse.

Best of luck?.

PrettyFeet · 10/02/2015 20:52

OP, he may be a "changed" gorgeous man now that you say he is

He cheated and a past marriage was over because of it

He shagged someone due to not really caring as she was a convenience

You are pregnant etc. after a year and a half

You obviously cant laugh this off and let it rest

You got the prize

AnyFucker · 10/02/2015 20:54

Prettyfeet it might be best if you let it drop now, you've made your point.

Psychoex · 10/02/2015 20:59

It's ok- it's a valid point if you don't know him, I've had my share of assholes in the past. I trust him totally, yes he was a fool in the past, he fully admits that, but he isn't the cheat - she is. He was with her when he was single only, not whilst with any previous girlfriends. She is the one who persists, not him. He has been totally open with me about it from day one and I believe him.

She is just unhinged, and I've been dragged in to it because he led her on in the past (and we are talking quite a while ago!)

I wouldn't be living with him and having a baby with him if I want 100% sure. I had a nasty relationship again and I am very careful now. He is a lovely guy, but he's he was a prick in the past to her - not me.

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Psychoex · 10/02/2015 21:00

A past marriage? She is still with her husband, marriage is not over.

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fancyanotherfez · 10/02/2015 21:06

pretty feet, I think you need to read the thread again. He shagged her when he was single and she married. He was wrong and shouldn't have done it, but how many women have been taken in by the 'I'm unhappy my marriage is over' line? Or maybe he didn't care and shagged her because she was there. But he has paid for it in 2 subsequent relationships. OP has the man, but she still needs to back the hell off.

liketohelp · 10/02/2015 21:10

This ex is a stalker with a past history of stalking & she has attacked someone in the street.

Please ignore the posters who say she will eventually stop/hasnt done anything criminal. She wont stop unless you stop her, and yes she has done something criminal. Stalking is a criminal offence, & includes online stalking.

Stalkers rarely stop, & if they do, they usually start again.

Does she drink/do drugs? That would make her more likely to be dangerous.

Contact the police on 101 - they should send someone round. Tell them this person is causing you distress by stalking you - that`s important as the law says the offence is causing alarm or distress on 2 or more occasions.

Don`t send her a note or speak to her - she could use it against you.

All the best.

DixieNormas · 10/02/2015 21:12

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HellKitty · 10/02/2015 22:07

I'm with AF on your DP, I think he's ok and regrets this mistake he made before you even met him.

Definitely timeline and keep notes on everything, she might go quiet again but you're always going to wonder when and if it starts up again. Maybe a chat with a solicitor? Free half hour and all that?

liketohelp · 10/02/2015 22:08

You also mentioned the electoral register.

It is possible to choose to be on a part of the electoral register that is not accessible to the public. You have to tick a box on the form. You can contact your town hall about this.

All the best.

Psychoex · 10/02/2015 22:14

Good idea, I have free legal phone advice at work so will try that - also the electoral register idea is good. Thanks ladies, will post if she pipes up again!

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Hissy · 11/02/2015 00:14

Definitely report this to 101, they have waded on for me for a lot less!

sleeponeday · 11/02/2015 01:31

I don't agree she's not done anything criminal - harassment is criminal. In what world can someone behave this way - repeated texts and calls after being told to leave someone alone, stalking someone's social circle, public malicious attacks online, Single White Femaling someone, turning up at a place you happen to know they will be - and not see that as harassment?

No, he wasn't very nice in how he handled things but please. If every time someone led someone on a little to obtain sex ended like this the world would be a crazier place. And may I also point out that the ex's primary target is not the bloke who did her wrong... it's another woman, and one she has no history with whatsoever? And may I also point out that if he did her wrong, she did her husband a very great deal worse? How is the stalker who cheated on her husband and is now trying to harass and unsettle a pregnant woman she does not know somehow a victim in all this? Perhaps she has psychiatric problems that need addressing, and that's very sad. But it is not the OP's fault or responsibility so why should it be her problem?

OP if you have a Kindle I'd download The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker, because he points out that "making stalkers stop" often actually means you engage with them, which is what they want anyway. It discusses when injunctions/police are the best option and when they aren't, and describes a case his organisation handled when completely ignoring someone worked best - and that can mean a new phone they don't know about, with a message left on the old number by a same-sex friend so any incentive to call just to hear the target's voice is eliminated. Essentially, if there is any way you can remove all fuel for her obsession then she may just get obsessed by and with someone else. If you engage, then she knows she is involved in your lives, and even police/injunctions can be engagement. They aren't a cure-all, sadly.

Her behaviour is very weird. It's not that of a balanced person. I have no idea if police intervention or an injunction would help, and I don't think anyone else here does either, but if you read the relevant chapter in that book, you might have an instinct on the subject. You know what is happening better than anyone else.

Congratulations on the baby.

Psychoex · 11/02/2015 09:12

Thank you x

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TwinkieTwinkle · 11/02/2015 10:12

Just read this thread and I am gobsmacked at this woman's behaviour! Perhaps if you don't want to involve police, the threat of it might make her back off? Write a letter to her detailing all of her odd behaviour (including times and dates), perhaps include a print off of screen grabs if you can. Then blag it and say that after getting legal advice you now know her behaviour constitutes as harassment and you are fully prepared to pass everything on to the police, unless she completely stops her nonsense. Might shake her up enough to get her to stop.

kuqya · 26/03/2016 07:45

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NettleFarseer · 26/03/2016 08:12

wtf?

OurBlanche · 26/03/2016 08:30

Reported as spam Smile

londonrach · 26/03/2016 09:01

Log every thing with the police, keep a diary of events, remove yourself from fb, change all your telephone numbers.

londonrach · 26/03/2016 09:01

Zombi one!!!

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