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Aibu - just had an argument with bf

322 replies

Tinkofhousepan · 11/02/2018 05:40

Hi all, this is quite personal (and it's gonna be really long as ive got a lot to get off my chest so Sorry in advance), but I really need some impartial advice. I'm really confused and I genuinely don't know where to go from here or even if i should try to fix this. I am posting this in AIBU instead of relationships because people tend to give blunter answers - and that is what I need!

Been with BF for a while, we don't live together, but I stay at his every other night (he lives on his own, I am with parents saving for the seemingly impossible to obtain mortgage - this is relevant).

I have to commute for about 45 mins each way to work, whereas he works locally to where we both live, practically in the town centre and 5 mins walk from the pub. He goes to the pub every afternoon after he finishes work at 4. I work weird shift patterns so some weeks I finish at 5 and others I could finish as late as 8pm if we are running to time, sometimes we can still be there at gone 9 if something takes longer than expected or if we have a walk in emergency that can't wait.

On my early days when I get to our hometown at around 6 he is fine, and he genuinely is the loveliest most caring partner that I've ever had and I just want to be around him all the time because he makes me genuinely happy and I am in love with him, and I feel his love back.

He cooks for me, gets me tea/hot water bottles without me asking for them (just because I look like I need one), runs me baths, doesn't pester me for sex if he can see I've had a bad/stressful day or if I'm just exhausted. But our sex life is great, he has really embraced some of my more wacky desires and does it really well!

He texts me throughout the day taking a genuine interest in how its going, tells me several times a day that he loves/misses me. He is so attentive and makes me feel really special and loved throughout my work day - all great.

The problem is on my late weeks where he could end up being in the pub from 4pm - 9pm, and when I meet up with him he is obviously pretty drunk but still ok to be around, if a little belligerent and opinionated.

It's when I'm not going home with him on those occasions he goes really paranoid and starts a row over nothing. He will accuse me of getting up to no good and says he 'knows what I'm up to' but will not elaborate any further.

The other day i text him to ask if he was still in the pub so I could see him briefly and get a cuddle and a kiss on the way home, and he accused me of checking up on him to find out his wherabouts so I could meet someone else without worrying about bumping into him Confused. I have never done this so I don't know where he got that idea from.

He gets quite hurtful and once he has this idea in his head, nothing will change his mind, not even if i take a picture of me sat in the living room or on my bed.

This happens on a fairly regular basis (3 times this week, latest one being tonight) literally over an non issue!

Tonight's was he was out with the boys, it got to midnight, I asked if he was coming over and he went all funny and passive aggressive saying that I had said I would stay at his tonight and calling me a liar etc.

When I relayed the conversation that we had had yesterday about where I was staying tonight and that he was welcome to stay over, and in the morning I'd make him a hangover breakfast feed the cats and then we would go to his for a 'fun' day (parents are away this weekend so have to be here to feed the cats -which he knows!!!!).

He started again accusing me of lying to him, and insisting that I had said nothing of the sort yesterday. He blew his top and went super cold on me when I screen shot and sent him the conversation where it showed i had said that i was home tonight and him saying that he remembered and that he might come over if he wasnt too drunk.

It sent him into a spin of him then asking me questions about my evening , what did i do? (ate fajhitas, had a bath and some wine and was chilling in bed watching the hobbit when this all kicked off) which pub did i go to? (Didn't go to any pub) who did I meet up with? (The freaking tooth fairy came round and we did a ouija board obviously) which are his way of trying to trip me up and catch me in a lie, so he can feel vindicated that he was justified in starting this whole pointless argument when he sobers up tomorrow.

It's really draining, and I am not happy for this behaviour to continue. The next day he is full of apologies etc, but I am now quite frankly fed up of this.

He is lovely in so many ways, but I can't help feeling that this is just something he does, and won't change or even try to change, and I don't want to deal with that any more.

What should I do?

Thanks for reading, it felt good just writing it all down.

OP posts:
Aeroflotgirl · 11/02/2018 14:28

Sorry realised you do, nest of vipers biting down on me Grin. Well done, just be on your guard.

Karigan1 · 11/02/2018 14:31

It won’t change. The ex husband regularly used to pull shit like this. It only got worse not better over time. Just shorten your misery by quitting now and finding a decent guy.

Aeroflotgirl · 11/02/2018 14:32

Good on you dumping him, that is fantastic. Just stay strong and rinse and repeat "its over, I have nothing to say to you". Its good that you blocked him. I agree, this behaviour could spill into the sober times, so that he is consumed by it all the time. Good that you did not move in or have kids with him.

HuckfromScandal · 11/02/2018 14:32

Please
Stay strong
This won’t get any better
You are worth so so so much more
Well done

FizzyGreenWater · 11/02/2018 14:41

Well done.

Don't hesitate to go straight to the police if he tries to stalk or harrass you (and yes that does include turning up at your home or work 'just wanting to talk'). It may sound drastic but it would honestly be the quickest and easiest way to sort it and get the message across that you MEAN IT.

midnightmisssuki · 11/02/2018 14:49

run - dont walk. This will only get worse...

midnightmisssuki · 11/02/2018 14:49

cross post - well done OP!

SwarmOfCats · 11/02/2018 15:14

Well done OP. He sounds almost identical to my ex - did all the perfect loving stuff to ‘dose’ me with affection, accused me of being unfaithful, substances made him worse, I was supposed to understand because he had a troubled past (sad puppy eyes were a speciality). I won’t go into much detail about the decline in the character he’d created, but my ex eventually started to make thinly veiled threats of violence against me, against my friends, claims that he loved me and didn’t want to see me get hurt but he couldn’t be held responsible for his actions if he felt threatened. I eventually ended it when I’d been out with friends, invited him to join us, but he spent the whole day sending increasingly abusive text messages instead, then turned up to collect me from my friends house, still threatening to come inside and hurt people, shouting and swearing at me. The second I said I couldn’t do it any more he turned on the tears, all repentance and sadness, couldn’t live without me, begging. I held firm, and about three months later found out he’d been cheating on me with 8 other woman (that I know of), and that I was actually the ‘other woman’ when we got together. (I’ve gained some lovely female friends as a result of this, and he had to go into hiding).

Stay strong. You are totally doing the right thing.

okeydokeygirl · 11/02/2018 15:14

Well done OP. Now you can spend your mental energy on rebuilding your life. Maybe get some counselling to build up your self esteem so you don't fall into this trap again. Sounds like you need to start doing things that make you feel good and with people that make you feel good. Best of luck. And don't hesitate to call the police if he shows up. Controlling men can escalate their behaviour when their partner leaves so don't take any chances.Flowers

Halebeke425 · 11/02/2018 15:25

Please come back to this thread if you ever need anymore support regarding this guy. Hopefully he'll get the message soon enough and leave you be.

Mix56 · 11/02/2018 15:31

He will most likely show up, & you most likely will have moments of wobbling, where you feel lonely,
It is logical to want to be understood, so you you may try to explain that his accusations & mistrust etc have pushed you too far. Don't go there.
He will promise to change, to stop drinking, CRY & possibly say life is over... there are lots of winding back in techniques.
Please Please don't fall for it. It will just return to how it was before....
He may get angry. so be careful

Eatalot · 11/02/2018 16:05

Boyfriends and dating are about learning from mistakes and finding out about yourself and learning what a good partner really is. I agree with other posters this sounds like the beginning of an abusive relationship. Dont know how many times iv read he treated me like a princess until we moved in/married or got pregnant then the abuse started.
Sorry op but you need to end it.

pictish · 11/02/2018 18:10

The drinking is a red herring. Other people get drunk and they don’t behave like that. He does it because that’s who he is. He will try very hard to suck you back under his spell but you must resist at all costs. You will end up controlled and miserable, living your life according to this guy’s abusive, manipulative agenda otherwise. He will crush the joy out of everything. You have been warned and by your own voice. Stay certain because you are sane. You are right.

Lkjem · 11/02/2018 18:11

Well done!
Now you're open to meeting someone worth your time when you're ready.
Hope he doesn't pester you as that's the worst thing about men like that.
Good luck.

Serialweightwatcher · 11/02/2018 19:47

Graphista I don't drink and am not addicted to anything so your armchair psychology needs a bit of work

Pythoness · 11/02/2018 19:52

He sounds like he might have paranoid schizophrenia, triggered by alcohol

AdalindSchade · 11/02/2018 19:53

He sounds like he might have paranoid schizophrenia

Wtf no he doesn't

robertaplumkin · 11/02/2018 20:18

there are a lot of men out there who are ideal until they have something to drink. if you aren't comfortable with this why should you be i strongly advise that you end this now. do not take it further. you will not change him and this problem will continue to dog you mr relationship. i wish i had taken this advice.

PositivelyPERF · 11/02/2018 20:25

sounds like he might have paranoid schizophrenia

FFS! 😒

Graphista · 11/02/2018 20:35

Serial fair enough then on the addiction, that was based on personal experience. Waa still minimising and excusing pretty awful behaviour.

I'm another one thinking wtf to the schizophrenia comment - no just an arsehole!

Fredathetortoise · 11/02/2018 20:37

Like a PP said, we're here to support you if you need us. If he escalates, or you feel yourself wavering, the MN vipers are right behind you, cheering you on, because you deserve a far better life than the one you had with him. Flowers

CoraPirbright · 11/02/2018 22:00

Well done OP. Probably doesn't feel like it this minute but in the hours/days/weeks to come, the sense of relief will be enormous!

FizzyGreenWater · 11/02/2018 22:04

More like Cuntonoid Twatophenia

PurpleRobe · 11/02/2018 22:46

I went out with someone like this 15 years ago

Dump him

Now

He's a jealous alchy.

I never looked back

PurpleRobe · 11/02/2018 22:51

Well done tink@

Stay strong!