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To be pissed off with partner about this?!

109 replies

babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 17:41

Our car broke down on is few days ago&is gonna cost too much to repair.
We've been very lucky a close relative has offered to help us out with some money to get one.'dp' wants to use it as a deposit to get a more expensive one.
He won't let me have any say on which car we get or help in finding one.refuses to go thru the papers etc has to be just from a garage.insists on doing it all himself cuz in his words 'I know more about cars than u do!'
I found out today that he's gone behind my back&registered online to get finamce&has been accepted.we have money probs&already have debts we're paying off&he hasn't discussed any if this with me!the person helping us out has done so cuz they don't want us to be going to any loan places!!
It isn't the first time he hasn't discussed things with me.it happens a lot.
We've been together 9yrs known him for 11& have a child together
Aibu??

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DontMindMe1 · 04/04/2016 22:23

why are you mothering him? if he can't be arsed making his own lunch - then let him go without. i doubt very much he'l starve - he'll either start making them himself or buy lunch from somewhere.

the things he does with your dc - well that's what fathers are meant to do so he doesn't deserve special recognition for it - do you get special recognition for doing your job as a mum?

i work in car finance and your dp is taking the piss big style.

First of all, unless you've seen the documents you won't know if he's applied in your name.
If the car is in his name he can drive away with it anytime and there's bugger all you can do about it.
If the finance is in his name then although the debt is technically his YOU will be contributing towards it. Hence why he just CAN'T make this decision on his own unless he pays for the car and finance out of his 'spending' money. If it comes out of family then it HAS to be a joint decision. Plus the relative is from your side of the family!

If you intend on letting him use someone elses money - and it is a loan - then you need it down in writing and signed by him and witnessed. If he leaves you there is nothing to say he 'owes' your relative anything and he could claim the money was a gift.

He can also easily sell the car anytime. He could make a big profit on it - now or in the future - and neither you nor your relative may see any of it because he'll make sure of that.

if you're going to do this then you need to be business like about it and make sure you and your relative are legally protected.

however........after so many years if he doesn't have any respect for you and treats you like this - why do you want to stay with him?

babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 22:32

I don't know.he's gone on to bed now an hr ago.we are not talking

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cozietoesie · 04/04/2016 22:35

Has this sort of thing happened before?

If so, how was it resolved then?

sleeponeday · 04/04/2016 22:35

OP this is not how a relationship is meant to be. It sounds bloody horrible - I'd far rather be alone than deal with this. Sad

babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 22:36

What the going behind my bk bout finances or how he is when I try talking to him?not sure what u mean

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cozietoesie · 04/04/2016 22:37

Have you ever tried writing all this sort of thing down and showing it to him?

cozietoesie · 04/04/2016 22:37

Both.

OnlyTheStones · 04/04/2016 22:38

Both of those things are pretty bad op. He doesn't sound like a nice person. You deserve better.

sleeponeday · 04/04/2016 22:39

All of it. The lot. He just sounds like he treats you with contempt tbh. It has to make you feel like crap, living with someone who does that, surely.

bloodyteenagers · 04/04/2016 22:43

The more you are posting the more I am thinking ltb. He isn't worth it. He is a man child who couldn't give a fuck about your feelings. It's all about him and now you are trying to rock the boat he is having a tantrum. Emotional abuse used to get you to shut up and do as you are told.
You don't have to tolerate this shit.

babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 22:45

I know that deep down sleeponeday.I've bin thinking it on&off fir a while now.then I think we'll Christmas is coming up or a bday or a hol&it goes on!
We've got a hol booked at end if May.
Plus if we do split up I don't know how I'm gonna afford to pay the debts on my own
I don't earn very much&it def won't cover even half of it!that also stops me from ending it.
Also If we split I will feel very guilty that i'd be bringing up my child on.my own again splitting the family up like I did when I ended my marriage after6yrs&brought my2 eldest kids up ony own.

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babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 22:51

Yea cozie as I've said earlier he's made decisions on his own before&sort of told me about it after.he acts like this every time I try talking get to him.bout anything serious like this.or if I wanna talk bout out relationship.he just deflects it bk on to me or says he's too tired to talk&puts it off
He was very good when I had to have an op bit bk.he had to do everything for first wk ir2

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babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 22:55

Have never written it down to show him but have thought of txing it to him a couple of times.haven't done it tho

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OnlyTheStones · 04/04/2016 22:57

But you won't be splitting up the family, he is doing that with his terrible behaviour towards you. It sounds like you have tried to fix the problems in your relationship but you can't, because the problem is him and he doesn't want to changeable.

OnlyTheStones · 04/04/2016 22:58

Change. Obviously.

babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 23:05

Is it all emotional abuse? I have read up on it a bit but not many of the things on the list apply to him&how he is
I'm not perfect myself

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OnlyTheStones · 04/04/2016 23:15

It doesn't matter that you are not perfect. Nobody is. When someone treats you badly you are entitled to leave. Your happiness matters.
Even if he wasn't treating you badly you'd still be entitled to leave. Don't let him make you think that you need a 'good enough' reason to end the relationship.

cozietoesie · 04/04/2016 23:20

Is your child young, still? (Broadly.)

sleeponeday · 04/04/2016 23:28

It doesn't matter if he is abusive or not. It doesn't matter who is in the right or wrong or not. What matters is whether a relationship makes your life worse than it would be without that relationship, surely? If he makes you feel like shit, then that's worse. And something needs to change, either in how you are together, or in being together.

Try this calculator. Bear in mind that if you have your child most of the time - and the guy you describe doesn't sound like he does half the work of caring, especially if you are working in your child's school to be able to collect and drop off - then you will be entitled to child support, and child support isn't included when they calculate in-work benefits, so it is bonus money on top.

I don't know what the answer is. I do know that life is very finite and wasting decades of it on someone you essentially have no connection with, and who talks to you as though you are an incompetent employee, is a waste.

babayjane67 · 04/04/2016 23:34

I work at the school cuz we can't afford childcare&nobody to have her during school hols.we just couldn't do it
So this way at least I'm home with her thru the hols.
He was finishing work at 3.30 so would pk us both up en route on way bk
Yes our child will be 8 in September

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bloodyteenagers · 04/04/2016 23:56

You are walking around on egg shells. He makes you feel it's all your fault. He sulks when things don't go his way. He is controlling over finances. Bet there's more I have missed. Also did he actually need to pick you up or did he decide to do this?

Not going to lie. It is hard being single. However it's also much more liberating. You wonder how the fuck you put up with that shit. You get some help from tax credits. Some hemp possibly with rent and a reduction for council tax.

Amy214 · 05/04/2016 00:04

If you are in debt you shouldnt have been accepted for finance

Helloitsme88 · 05/04/2016 00:22

He's right about garages over private sellers. He's not right to sign up for finance without checking with you

Helloitsme88 · 05/04/2016 00:23

Sorry haven't RTFT. I'll come back when I have

babayjane67 · 05/04/2016 09:05

It was an arrangement we came to bout pking us up as I would sometimes tx him to pk dc up if it's pouring with rain etc.
So he said if I fin normal time I will meet u en route.if u don't hear from me saying I'm doing ot then I will meet u en route

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