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Am I being unreasonable not wanting to loose weight?

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Miss2009 · 18/06/2020 15:04

I'm a 32 (soon to be 33) year old female. I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for over 10 years. I used to be a little underweight when we first met. I was forcing myself to eat a little bit more each week as I wanted to be at a healthy weight in order to conceive at some point in the future. 10 years later I am overweight and trying to loose a couple of stone to get back to a healthy weight again. We have never been on a proper holiday together, mainly because of affording it. We've had long weekends around the UK but I've always wanted to go somewhere on a beach with him for longer than a weekend. I have always believed that a partner should love you no matter what you look like. Anyway, a holiday destination was mentioned on TV today and I asked him if we could go once the coronavirus has gone. He seemed really annoyed that I had asked him. He was playing games on his phone at the time. I asked him if we were ever going to go on holiday and he exclaimed "yes!, but once you loose the weight! He then started going on about how we will be limited on activities we can do on holiday. The only limitation I have is walking slow because I have a condition where I drag my left leg behind me slightly. I also have a tendency to trip up if I walk fast and if I do walk fast my asthma starts to flare up. I've always had these issues, even before I put the weight on. He doesn't hold my hand when we're out together because apparently I slow him down. He thinks if I lose the weight all of these things will go away and I will be faster. I have explained to him, that even if I lose the weight, where there might be an improvement, my walking speed and asthma may stay the same. I also said we can still go on holiday, whether I am overweight or not, he should love me for who I am. He thinks I'm just being stubborn and don't want to lose the weight. I do want to lose it but I want to do it for me, not because he wants me to. Am I being unreasonable?

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Redcrow · 18/06/2020 16:48

Yanbu at all

I'm remembering trying to walk around with my dad though, I'm 5ft5 and hes 6ft4, I used to think he was such a dick always striding ahead and calling me slow (when I was an adult btw), it's only now i have children i see how hard it might be to slow to someones pace.

Lose the weight for you and wear your red costume, I personally think a one piece is way sexier anyway.

takingtoolong · 18/06/2020 16:50

He’s refusing to support you both figuratively and literally! Sad please consider carefully whether he is the right one for you and maybe seek some online counselling to help you come to the right decision for you. I hope you get to go on holiday with someone else after lockdown and wear your red swimsuit with pride. Flowers xxxx

Sackofspuds · 18/06/2020 16:51

LTB. Lose the weight for you. For your health. Not to be his trophy. x

Mummytime1 · 18/06/2020 16:55

There is a few stone you could loose straight away and it’s not on your body! Dump him.

If you want to loose weight do it for your self no one else.

Dump him. Book the holiday for you and a friend and wear the red swimsuit Grin I can guarantee you will feel so much happier.

LaurieFairyCake · 18/06/2020 17:00

Why would he think your disability would improve if you lost weight ? Shock

Surely you dragged your leg when you were underweight ?

GeorgiaWeLoveYou · 18/06/2020 17:03

He sounds awful OP.

Lose weight for you. He doesn't want you to lose the weight for your health, he wants you to lose it so you look like his 'ideal'...bleughhhhh

Miss2009 · 18/06/2020 17:09

I asked him again if he wants to go on holiday once I lose the weight and he replied spitefully ,"yes I'll go on holiday with you but I'm definitely not having kids with you" 😢

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pooiepooie25 · 18/06/2020 17:16

What a horrible horrible person. You deserve so much better.

Tiktokgone · 18/06/2020 17:20

What? Where the comment about kids come from?
Is this something you've discussed recently?

Just leave him OP.

Find someone who respects you.

Rainycloudyday · 18/06/2020 17:22

@Miss2009

I asked him again if he wants to go on holiday once I lose the weight and he replied spitefully ,"yes I'll go on holiday with you but I'm definitely not having kids with you" 😢
That’s a disgusting thing to say. It shows how clearly he thinks you’re beneath him, but he’s wrong. Your value as a person has nothing to do with your weight. Honestly you are overweight as you know, but I can’t help thinking you being in a relationship with a dickhead is probably making you unhappy and less confident which in turn contributes to weight issues. I bet if you left him your confidence would return and you would find a healthy weight, for the right reasons. Please don’t demean yourself by wasting another day on this utter twat.
WiddlinDiddlin · 18/06/2020 17:27

Lose weight if you want, for you.. don't if you don't want to...

But please, lose this utter bell-end, he is a nasty nasty shit, he is not worth your time or energy, get rid and then have a nice happy life, going on holiday wherever you want, without him.

AlrightAlrightAlright · 18/06/2020 17:31

Yes he's a prick and he's said something horrible

But if you've put on a significant amount of weight during the relationship it's not unreasonable that he doesn't find you as attractive as he once did.

No need to say it like such a twat though.

MadamShazam · 18/06/2020 17:33

Fuck me, he's a charmer isn't he!! Dump the bastard pronto, you'll be so much happier Flowers

Goyle · 18/06/2020 17:34

I'm 7 stone overweight and it's only now that my knees have begun to suffer that I have decided to try and lose it. Me, no-one else.

My husband loves me whatever size I am.

I think you need to dump this man. He's shallow and unkind.

Whoknowswhocares · 18/06/2020 17:37

Is he deliberately goading you into breaking up with him so that he doesn’t have to be the one to pull the trigger do you think?
Or has he always been such a complete arsehole?

Miss2009 · 18/06/2020 17:38

He knows how much I want kids. As I explained in another post on Mumsnet, just before I turned 30 I brought up the subject of children. I had backed off talking about it before as he felt pressured. I had told him at the beginning of the relationship that I wanted kids. Anyway, just before my 30th birthday I brought up the subject and he freaked out and said he never wants kids. Now, each time we have a disagreement he goads me by saying 'I'm never having kids with you' and smirks about it. I get upset and sometimes he's sorry and says 'maybe' when I tell him that I really want children. But over and over again when we disagree about anything he says 'I'm never having kids with you' I have low self esteem and whenever I try to end the relationship he makes it hard by either ignoring me or he starts being nice. I'm almost 33 and worried my time to have children with someone is running out 😢

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passthemustard · 18/06/2020 17:41

Leave him, go on holiday with your mates.

PenCreed · 18/06/2020 17:42

Ditch him.

I am a fair bit shorter than DH, he always slows down to my pace. He tries to persuade me into photos when we're on holiday. Find someone who is nice to you!

Justkeepswimmingdory · 18/06/2020 17:43

Your time to have kids is running out. I wouldn't have kids with him even if he wanted them. What a prick. Be strong and leave him

Whingeingpom · 18/06/2020 17:43

Sweetheart, he cannot simply stop you from ending the relationship by ignoring you. If you leave him, the relationship is over, whether he acknowledges it or not. If he starts being nice, you know very well that's it's just a show.

What do you love about him?

PenCreed · 18/06/2020 17:43

Also, I met DH when I was 33 and married him when I was 34 - you are not running out of time!

AliasGrape · 18/06/2020 17:48

Your self esteem will be a lot higher without this twat around negging you.

Leave him, he’s nasty and disrespectful and that’s nothing to do with your weight, it’s just who he is.

What’s the living situation? Do you live together? Rent or own? Whose name?

He doesn’t get to ignore you ending the relationship, you say it’s over and mean it and there you are - it’s over. Doesn’t matter how nice he is after the fact because you know that’s bollocks and doesn’t matter if he ignores you because it’s still over. Depending on your living arrangements you either pack up and leave or you tell him to go - all the admin/legalities/practicalities can be sorted later.

If you want to be happy and want to go on to have a family then you need to leave this man. Keep that goal in mind and let it give you the strength to get rid of this nasty twat.

Miss2009 · 18/06/2020 17:51

When he's nice, he's the guy I fell in love with. However, when he gets nasty I know he's not the guy I should be with. 50/50.

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WiddlinDiddlin · 18/06/2020 17:52

When he is nasty, he is showing you who he REALLY is.

The nice guy is an act. Believe him when he shows you the nasty guy.

Pursefirst · 18/06/2020 17:53

Disregarding the weight issue for a moment, it seems as though he has been pretty unequivocal about not wanting DC. If you are desperate to have them then this relationship simply won't work OP.

LTB.

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