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AIBU to take what I paid for from cheating partner without discussion

459 replies

Earworm · 25/03/2016 16:09

My partner recently told me that he didn't feel invested in our relationship. I suggested that I move out for a short period to give us both some headspace. I suspected there was someone else involved and asked him, but he denied it. I found FB messages and photos that had been sent to him from this girl, and he still denied it. 4 days after I left (at this point we hadn't actually split up) I found out that he had gone out with the girl and slept with her. We went to a counselling session and he said he was committed to working things out, but he refused to cut contact with her, so I moved out permanently. I've arranged to move into an unfurnished flat.

His flat was a shell when I moved in. I bought a whole new freestanding kitchen to replace the 2 cupboards he had, got the bathroom tiled, had a shower fitted and got new lights fitted. I replaced his broken bed frame, we sold his sofa (he got the money) and bought a new one which I 'm still paying for. I lifted all the laminate in the living room and carried it down 3 flights myself and replaced it with carpet.

He's gone away this weekend with this new girl and when he comes back, he'll have relatives with him to stay as they have a family funeral. I feel like a heartless bitch to go in and take the sofa, the bed frame and a couple of the kitchen units. He'll have an armchair to sit on and a mattress to sleep on. And he also owes me £1500 for a credit card.

OP posts:
Paulat2112 · 25/03/2016 16:32

Yep take everything you bought.what a horrible excuse for a man.

Earworm · 25/03/2016 16:32

COCKLODGER!!! Too funny!!
The toilet rolls and lightbulbs were on my list. Hoping he hasn't had the foresight to change the locks.
Thanks everyone - it was more the funeral thing that was getting to me. But he's lied about going away to see family this weekend and I know exactly where he is and who he's with.

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Neoncheerio · 25/03/2016 16:33

Take everything! I had my second child 2 months early. While I was in hospital, my ex moved 7 of his friends into our lovely flat that I had paid for and they took over. They slept on my sofa, hogged my TV and ate the food out of my fridge. I tolerated it because he said they would move out soon enough. They didn't pay a penny towards the flat (neither did he). They started smoking in my babies face once he was home so I said I was moving out for a break and I would be back in a few days. I did suspect something was off as he was perfectly happy for me to go and he had been very possessive before. Came back one morning to get some bits and pieces and there were two girls in bed and used condoms all over the floor. They told me my son's things were in the bin putside and he would be back soon with a knife. I called the police and they removed everything that was mine from the TV to the sheets on the bed. I even took the PS4 I had brought for him along with all the games and put it outside as "free to taker". I only wish I could have taken other things I had paid for like the fridge and sofa.

Friendlystories · 25/03/2016 16:33

I would take the lot.

ollieplimsoles · 25/03/2016 16:35

take every last morsel out of that house, fuck him.

Earworm · 25/03/2016 16:35

OMG - what a prick! Better off out of that one.....

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weirdsister · 25/03/2016 16:36

Please take everything.

Sunshine87 · 25/03/2016 16:37

Take the lot he's took the piss to everything to the value of 1500 plus what is yours. I agree about the prawns hide them on the radiators so it will smell when they put the heating lets out a horrid smell

Birthgeek · 25/03/2016 16:37

How long were you there OP, contributing to the mortgage? Worth trying to establish a beneficial interest in the property if he ever sells it?

abigamarone · 25/03/2016 16:38

Everything, including the shower and toiletries. Maybe leave the tiles.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 25/03/2016 16:39

Take it all, everything! Smile.

coffeeisnectar · 25/03/2016 16:39

Take everything.

Unplug the Fridge freezer before you leave. Unless that's yours in which case take that as well but leave stuff defrosting on the work tops.

PhoenixReisling · 25/03/2016 16:40

Ear a resounding YANBU!

Do come back and tell us what you took and how you had some fun Grin

Fontella · 25/03/2016 16:43

Take the fucking lot!

Just do it. It doesn't matter what him, his family, anyone says about you ... just do it. I was the mug who left with nothing (after 10 years) weren't married and got fuck all out of the house as well. It's the only thing I regret about my life.

Take the stuff you paid for and go without a backward glance. Including the kitchen you paid for. Just because you don't have receipts doesn't mean fuck. The onus is on him to prove that he paid for it and he clearly didn't.

OurBlanche · 25/03/2016 16:45

Take the lot and leave him with a note, pinned somewhere easy to spot

Dear exCocklodger. Just a note to remind you that over and above the kitchen, bathroom and flooring that I could not take with me, you still owe me £1500, and an apology for being a cheating, lying gobshite to boot. I don't really care about the apology however the money is mine and, unless you pay it back immediately I shall start a small claims action.
Yours, comfortably sitting on the furniture I paid for,

VitaSackvileVest · 25/03/2016 16:46

Quick, hire a van.....

Imaystillbedrunk · 25/03/2016 16:47

Also if he has asvsv/CD collection take all the DVDs and CD out of their cases, shuffle them up and put back in random cases.

JolseBaby · 25/03/2016 16:50

Re: eBay and Gumtree purchases. If you have emails, transaction records on eBay, PayPal records or corresponding cash withdrawals from an ATM just prior to the Gumtree collection, then I would take them. It's enough to prove that you paid for them - whereas he has zero evidence to suggest that you were 'gifting' them to him.

BloodyHell33 · 25/03/2016 16:51

DO IT.

Is he gone now???

Can anyone help you do it ASAP?

BarbarianMum · 25/03/2016 16:51

Don't mess with his stuff but take all of yours. No question.

Olddear · 25/03/2016 16:53

Take everything you've paid for. Oh! And spill some milk on the carpet before you go, couple of pints should do it Wink

NeedsAsockamnesty · 25/03/2016 16:54

jolse

Over the years I've moved hundreds and hundreds of people out of houses usually on incredibly short notice taking their things 80% of the time we have either police officers or court orders with us.

Only one has ever been asked to prove she owns something the rest of challenged the challenger was expected to prove they didn't own it

Hissy · 25/03/2016 16:55

Take it all. It's the only leverage you have to get the £1500 back.

NickiFury · 25/03/2016 16:58

I'd take every last splinter of furniture I had paid for and I wouldn't think twice about it. Do it.

Chocolatteaddict1 · 25/03/2016 17:01

Do you need help??