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Help...am I being unreasonable?

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fieryfighter · 08/10/2015 00:28

Hi, long time lurker, first time poster.

Had a bit of a reaction from my other half this evening, feeling furious but wanted a sounding board to see if I'm being mad!

Went out walking today, something I do fairly often, had new boots which DP knew I wanted to try so decided on a walk which would incorporate visiting a friend about an hour away after I was done (I visit this friends a few times a year).

When I came home and went to sit on sofa with glass of wine DP asked if that was what I was going to wear for the rest of the evening (sportswear) so I went upstairs to change. On way back downstairs I noticed TV I had taken out of ds's room and put on landing had gone. I'd been given a second hand tv and was going to put it into ds's room as his current one sometimes has dodgy sound but new one wouldn't fit on the shelf so both were sitting on landing. DS has friend coming over after school tomorrow so I had said i'd put old one back for now.

Anyway, DP said he'd got rid of old one when I asked if he'd put old one in the attic (which is what I'd assumed he'd done) and when I asked again he said he'd given it to his friend. Now I felt quite annoyed that he'd given it away without asking me, it's not his stuff to give away and I was going to put it back in ds's room. I don't care about the tv, if he had asked I would have said yes his friend could have it but I'm very annoyed at the not asking, I wouldn't dream of giving away his things without asking no matter what their condition.

Bizarrely he kind of went a bit nuts about this, saying I was totally out of order when literally all I said to him was I thought he ought to have asked me first.

He then went on to accuse me of distracting from the issue, asking where was I today when I had told him I was out walking then going to my friend's, and kept him up to date all day with what I was doing so I'm hellish confused as to what's going on!!

OP posts:
Jux · 09/10/2015 17:35

You still are a strong woman, it's just that he's an abusive twunt.

MinecraftWonder · 09/10/2015 17:40

I don't know if this has been mentioned already but the actual sentence that stuck out to me was DP asked if that was what I was going to wear for the rest of the evening (sportswear) so I went upstairs to change

Why did he have a problem with you wearing sportswear? What did you change into?

MinecraftWonder · 09/10/2015 17:42

As for the clothes, he hates seeing me in sportswear, so it was definitely a 'go make yourself more presentable' thing accompanied by a look of disgust

Sorry, I see you've already answered this.

Anything else in your op pretty much pales into insignificance compared to this IMO. What a tosser. This is pretty indicative of what he thinks about you IMO.

amarmai · 09/10/2015 19:59

A power and control person will look for ways to control your cc as well as you. Divide and conquer is a classic method . He has put out the effort to make sure your cc like him and at random intervals is fun and nice with you. This has a psychological effect of conditioning you far more strongly than if he is always fun or always nasty. Get info re this type of conditioning as you and your cc are being controlled like puppets on strings. The danger is not just to you but also to your cc and your relationship with your cc.

PegsPigs · 09/10/2015 20:07

Re the hobby thing. You say you'd choose it over any man but the RIGHT man wouldn't make you choose. There are a lot of red flags in your posts. Please do have a good think about him being in your life forever. If you've already binned him off a couple of times there's something not quite right isn't there?

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 09/10/2015 20:27

turning things back on me when in the wrong is absolutely classic him tbh, this happens so often, telling me in mental and behaving bonkers.

*Even this morning he was saying I was being mental, causing arguments, behaving like a child.

TOTALLY gaslighting you. Or trying to, but you are too smart for him and not falling for it!

Glad to hear you are thinking of making some changes OP.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 09/10/2015 20:28

Oops bold fail there, sorry.

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