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What lies does your ex tell people about you?

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Doctordid · 02/02/2018 07:53

I'm evil apparently.
I left him in thousands of pounds worth of debt and about to be evicted.
He tells this to his mates, anyone we jointly know, his family, strangers and the doctor (apparently)

In reality the reason we were in debt is that he kept walking out of jobs lying they had laid him off or leaving because they made him do something he felt beneath him because he wanted to game all day and my wage alone wasn't enough to manage on.

He has been paying £5 a month off in debt.
I have paid thousands off because he's never worked since I left and I have.
I've finished paying off a £££s loan for stuff that is still in his house and he definitely wasn't about to be evicted as housing benefit accidently made a payment of nearly 2k to his landlord after I left and his landlord doesn't have to pay it back but I do.

Funnily his fiance prior to me also left him in debt and 'emptied him out'

Hmm

His new girlfriend has recently told me she's been told all about me.

Knob

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Begrateful · 02/02/2018 10:02

My terrible exH told a sea of awful lies to all our mutual friends, his friends and anybody else who would listen. He also exposed some very personal stuff I had confided in him when I was in a vulnerable state. I thought I could trust him.Blush

One of the lies he told was that I had left him because he didn't have any money. To be honest when we meet he was doing a MSc at uni and I was training to be a teacher. He had come from overseas to study at uni. He didn't have enough money to live on so I supported him financially during his studies which was only for 1yr. This was a strain on my finances as I did not have access to a lot of money so had to sacrifice on many things (i.e didn't go out much and had a tight budget). I thought he was an ambitious man who had fell on hard times so needed some help to get through. He had told me about family issues back home being the reason why he didn't have enough money. In hindsight those were lies and I was very gullible. Confused

After we got married, he became a total lazy bastard. He showed no interest in applying for graduate jobs unless I pressured him and refused to apply for some types of low paying jobs because it was beneath him. I was the main breadwinner for two years and it was stressful on a teachers salary. He eventually got part-time job as a cashier and preferred to use his money only on stuff he want for himself. His justification was that since I earned more, he doesn't need to contribute to the household. Confused

He also went behind my back and took out a £1000 loan from the bank in our name as we had a joint account. I had to take on extra work at the weekends to pay-off every penny after we split.

In the beginning he had conned and charmed his way into my heart only to use me to fulfil his objective of getting his British papers in England. I was very young, inexperienced with relationships and naive - he read me like a book. Later on when I realised the truth, I didn't want to stay a minute longer married to a dishonest, lazy and manipulative man.

He also told people I was a nasty, horrible and crazy person. Yet he spent most of the relationship trying to convince me to have a baby with him.Hmm Eventually it turned into forcing me to have a baby. I continued to resist. Although I would have if we were both financially stable but he wasn't and showed zero interest in wanting to improve his situation anytime soon so I refused. Now I'm thankful that I didn't have a baby with this disgusting man.

Since the split I've changed my phone number and avoided contact with him as I didn't want anymore of the drama. I didn't hear nothing from him for a long period and then 2yrs in he tries to contact me via email professing how I'm such a lovely person with a good heart and that he really appreciate all what I did for him. He also says he's sorry and wants my number and that his family back home continually ask about me and he can't bear to tell them his marriage ended.Hmm

After that I hear nothing from him again until another 2 yrs has passed. I block his email address but at that 2yr mark he uses a new one to try and contact me. I always add the new one to my block list.

Since I'm such a nasty and evil person why is he still trying to contact me after 4 years. Confused

whoareyoukidding · 02/02/2018 10:02

My 2nd XDH was a trickier personality and less pleasant and nastier.

It really puts you off trusting anyone again.

Winteriscoming18 · 02/02/2018 10:04

I’m sure he doesn’t go round saying this lies now but intially he told people

  • I cheated and gave him an STI when it was the other way round.
  • I was a bunny boiler and nutcase
  • I stopped him seeing his son when the reality was he was leaving his with his mother going to the pub getting pissed and doing coke with the ow
  • He was paying maintenance when he wasn’t.
  • I took stuff from the house that wasn’t mine. I literally took my clothes and child’s things and left him everything minus the computer he bought me.
  • I was controlling never let him do anything when the reality was he was recovering from majority surgery to his leg and was suppose to be resting.
  • I don’t know if this a 100% but he implied to someone that my dh was the OM when I met him a year later
Honeyishrunkthekids · 02/02/2018 10:06

That I moved his children away from him and don’t let him see them. I did move an hour away because he was threatening violence against me . And he could see them but has never really bothered because they’re “so far away “ . He also tells people that he pays maintenance,he doesn’t . He does a great poor me act but I don’t think people believe it anymore.

CaptainCardamom · 02/02/2018 10:07

Oh gawd... I don't know, and I really worry about it. One of the (many) reasons I left him was his terrible lying habit, so I dread to think.

I have my friends, and a couple of mutual friends, who I talk to and who know the truth. But other friends haven't spoken to me at all and I suspect he's told them a load of bollocks about why it happened, and cast himself in a wonderful light. He probably left me for starters, or it was mutual, and I would guess I was an uptight, mentally unstable henpecking cow for wanting him to pull his weight. His public persona is Mr charming, self-deprecating, lovely bloke so people will believe him too :(

TBF I was mentally unstable, I was crippled with anxiety and fear, and constantly doubting myself as a result of his gaslighting. Much better now!

JJPP123 · 02/02/2018 10:08

My ex told all of our mutual friends that I cheated on him. I actually left him because he hit me, twice. I isolated myself too much to tell them the truth and I lost the friendships.

YetAnotherUser · 02/02/2018 10:08

She told her new bf that I was abusive and controlling, and thats why we'd split up (nothing to do with her cheating or anything).

The great irony being, that her new bf was indeed abusive and controlling. Instant karma.

DullAndOld · 02/02/2018 10:09

HoneyIshrunkthekids

That does sound familiar! High five!
my ex paid nothing for his children's support, only when they went to stay with his mother, when he started giving it large with a hundred quid for her. Whoopy doo.

ForgotwhatIcameinherefor · 02/02/2018 10:11

I’m reading these and basically just nodding my head... yes he did that too... and that... still does that... if only it was just £xxxx.... Sad
Sending out Flowers to all my fellow psycho bitches who haven’t taken their meds today and isn’t it a bit early to be drinking etc etc etc yawn

Bbbbbbbb2017 · 02/02/2018 10:15

My ex genuinely convinced his new girlfriend and his family that the 46 allegations he admitted in a family court room and the two he has a criminal conviction for were all my fault because i knew how to push his buttons. He also has convicned them all i am in the wrong because i went to the police rather than him being in the wrong for doing them in the first place.

The allegations included rape, strangulation, stamping, kicking, hitting, biting, child abuse and yet I am still in the wrong and the villan in it all.

My kids lost their entire paternal family over my actions.

Bbbbbbbb2017 · 02/02/2018 10:16

He also neglects to tell people that violence aside he was also fucking this new girlfriend whilst our then three week old baby was fighting for his life in hospital, in MY bed

SersioulycanitgetWORSE · 02/02/2018 10:18

Op I think much of this is down to education. I was taught to question everything... Look at sources, why is he, she saying that, is is fact, heresy... Etc. I have never been spoon fed information, I always make up my own mind

DullAndOld · 02/02/2018 10:18

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sassymuffin · 02/02/2018 10:20

It's quite shocking how awful some of these revelations are Sad

It is also noticeable how unoriginal and debased some nasty people can be when a relationship ends. It appears that a lot of ex's seem to lie about similar things.

hungryhippo90 · 02/02/2018 10:30

I don’t know how I forgot- I’ve always stopped him from being able to see DD. And I was putting DD at risk with my mental health- which wasn’t at all what he said.

Birdsgottafly · 02/02/2018 10:30

That I was "jumping on the bandwagon" of his previous Girlfriends (who I didn't know about) by saying he was physically/emotionally abusive.

That I was paranoid (he was cheating) and my jealousy split us up.

That I stole his dog, who I had to re-home whilst seriously ill because he wouldn't help me with.

That I wouldn't go anywhere with him and tried to stop him doing his hobby. To my shame I believed that about a previous GF of his.

That he paid for everything, when in fact he still owes me nearly a grand.

I often wonder why people haven't wised up to the line "my ex is a nutter" and believe the shit still spouted by a lot of Men, including "she won't let me see the kids" (which my DD is going through).

Potplant · 02/02/2018 10:30

The things I know about:
He didn't know about the debt. Half right, he didn't know the full amount because every time I mentioned money he would rage and rage so I stopped
I only married him to have a baby. I actually said I wouldn't have a baby if I wasn't married (in vague talking about the future terms)
I go out 'all the time' with my new friends - He only has the DCs once a week when am I making all these new friends?

When we were together he used to turn down invitations on my behalf telling people I don't like whatever they were going to do.

Potplant · 02/02/2018 10:37

That I wouldn't go anywhere with him and tried to stop him doing his hobby

Mine too, I'd forgotten about this. When we first got together he used to play a sport. He was getting less keen because getting up early on Saturday morning was getting harder after a night on the piss on Friday (which was non negotiable). So he told everyone that I wouldn't let him do it! No surprise non of his sporty mates liked me. He loved to play the 'poor old hen pecked' husband. Despite him having the social life of a student and me only going out twice a year.

Lloyd45 · 02/02/2018 10:40

I can't believe how awful these men are. There are some real vile human beings out there. I take my hat off to you ladies for your strength

windchimesabotage · 02/02/2018 10:41

if i had a penny for all the dickheads who tried to blame their violence on the woman 'pressing their buttons' or 'being nuts and winding them up' id be a millionaire.

If anyone has or is having a daughter make sure to tell her to steer very clear of any man who talks shit about an ex. Saying they didnt get on or things were tense, is fine. Any man who uses any variant of 'crazy' to describe a woman he has had a relationship with needs to be got away from very very fast.

YouTheCat · 02/02/2018 10:46

Dd did have a gaslighting arse of a bf a few years ago. She'd tell me how he'd say he was so good letting her into his life and making out like he was some kind of adonis who could do no wrong. So I asked her if she was happy and if she felt like she had to change for him to like her and she managed to work it out for herself and dumped the sad twat after a few months.

I was very proud.

Honeyishrunkthekids · 02/02/2018 10:49

Dull , yes kids still see his Mum (without him) and I suspect he lies to his family but after years, nearly ten I’m the one who’s proven to be honest . I don’t think about it anymore, we don’t have any friends in common and I’m out of the small village where we where both living thank god!

trevthecat · 02/02/2018 11:18

That I was a coke head (He had a problem when I left)
That I didn't let him see his kids
That I didn't let his family see his kids
That I cheated
That our daughter wasn't his
That I lied and spent all his money
That I was a lazy mum
That I physically abused him
That I wouldn't let him be at the birth of our daughter

I haven't spoken to him for 5 years now. His family have never contacted me. He pays cms for both our children and has never argued about paying for a child he doesn't think is his. I lost a lot of 'friends' when we split because of what he told people. Since then some have tried to build bridges. I don't want people like that near me

Mammasmitten · 02/02/2018 11:55

So many similarities. These men use same tactics. I've been accused of being crazy and abusive too. When during an argument my ex had me pinned down on the bed suffocating me I couldn't breathe. I went limp thinking he'd get off me. He didn't. I couldn't breathe and thought if I passed out and he didn't get off me I'd die. I bit him as hard as I could. He got off me I ran. He ran after me. I think I was screaming. He grabbed me, I pulled away, swung around and threw a punch that got him on the mouth. I've never punched anyone before and didn't know that I even knew how. I ran to the door and when I opened it the police were there. I had been screaming and crying. The police threatened to arrest me if I didn't shut up. They listened to ex's version where he calmly made out I was drunk, hysterical and assaulted him for no reason. I tried to tell them he was lying and I acted in self defense. They arrested me. I never got to give my version of what happened. If I told you the rest I don't know if you'd believe me that it would happen in Australia. Women who have dv orders against an ex even with severe violence and threats to kill still have to let their kids go to their violent ex for his right to access his kids. It's fucking shocking. I don't know of any woman who has been a victim of assault from their ex having been able to charge the bastard with assault. The best they've been able to do is get an intervention order of good behavior (means he has to be of good behavior if he breaches it he could get charged). Makes me so mad and all of these women have been labeled crazy, lying, cheating, provoking and abusive by their abusive exes. Abusive ex acts like a victim. And what makes me even more angry is some people believe them because they can be so calm and charming while gaslighting the shit out of girlfriend, wife, ex partner. Oh, and in the beginning of relationship my ex had told me about how crazy and abusive his ex girlfriends were and how one of them wouldn't let him see his son. She left him when she was pregnant. Also added how I was nothing like his exes and he was so lucky to have met me. Now I know. If any man tells me his ex was crazy or he was a victim I'll be smiling, nodding, saying that must be awful then run a mile.

Begrateful · 02/02/2018 12:05

I agree Mammasmitten, give a few nods and then run to the hills.When you think you've reached the hills, run another mile!Grin