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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Be the big person or .. not?

76 replies

Whathewhatnow · 28/07/2020 00:42

Ok, I'm completely throwing myself open to the mumsnet jury here.

I had a short 3 month relationship with someone who I loved. I was vulnerable but not helpless. Am a closet badass. He was a bit of a shit.
He dumped me on valentines day evening

Incredibly stupidly I went back to him.

Reader... do I really need to tell you what happened next? He dumped me. Again.

Begged me for friendship after. Adored me apparently.

Until now. When he doesnt really want to keep in touch because I dont understand him. Apparently.

I am very bitter. I gave him a great deal of practical help whilst going through a difficult time.

I have his login details for a site he values because he cannot manage to administer it himself:

Yabu, leave the site alone
Yanbu: change his password and take the bastard down ;)

No pressure.

OP posts:
Splitsunrise · 28/07/2020 02:05

OP I would have done the same Grin don’t care if it’s childish or bitter. It probably won’t heal you longer term but meh...feels good for now. As long as there can’t be any ramifications for you?

Wine
Whathewhatnow · 28/07/2020 02:10

No ramifications. Thanks all. I need to sleep. Tomorrow will be another day and it will be the a day free of this shenanigans. I'm damaged but I'm not stupid enough to let this blight my life going forward.

OP posts:
Monty27 · 28/07/2020 02:25

You don't need to defend yourself OP.
How dare he use you like that the egotistical shitbag.
He probably won't learn anything from it as he doesn't sound too bright.
Don't say sorry.
Also he's lost someone that clearly cared about him.
Move on Flowers

ItWasNotOK · 28/07/2020 02:28

It just makes you look pathetic and desperate when you do stuff like that.

CJsGoldfish · 28/07/2020 02:55

He does not get to take what he needs from me and leave me high and dry
How dramatic.
It was a 3 month relationship. You chose badly. You also chose to go back to him.
From your posts, I can see why he dumped you tbh

MaxiPaddy · 28/07/2020 03:19

Do it.

Doooo Ittttt.

Monty27 · 28/07/2020 03:45

He may consider you as fair prey OP.
The vulture he is and all.
This should be about you and not him.
Do it right for yourself. Never lose face.

uniglowooljumper · 28/07/2020 03:54

Fuck him. Change his password.

Proudboomer · 28/07/2020 04:05

Bit too over dramatic for a three month relationship.
Even the way you write is dramatic and a bit cliche.

Inappropriatefemale · 28/07/2020 04:25

Love your name @ProudboomerGrin and I like your post and I agree! Wish there was a like button haha Blush

HoppingPavlova · 28/07/2020 04:29

He does not get to take what he needs from me and leave me high and dry.

How have you been left high and dry? I genuinely don't understand.
Had you lived with him and he told you to leave immediately (or in a timeframe not reasonably enabling you to find somewhere else). Did he borrow money you could not afford and now you can't pay for essentials? He told you he didn't want to be with you anymore, which to be fair is a common occurrence world over every day, but how has this actually placed you in a difficult situation?

Proudboomer · 28/07/2020 04:45

👍 to Inappropriatefemale
And in what way are you inappropriate?

Soon2BeMumof3 · 28/07/2020 04:52

What? You sound abusive.

Respect his boundaries.

He is allowed to dump you. He isn't property. He is allowed to not be your friend. Those are his choices that he gets to make and you should respect.

And now you're planning to abuse the trust he placed in you to hurt him just for fun.

What a shock that he didn't want to keep you in his life. You sound awful.

RedRec · 28/07/2020 05:16

You sound childish and immature. And that 'Reader ...' shtick is plain irritating.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 28/07/2020 05:25

I am SICK of always being the better person.

I have learned in life that "being the better/ bigger person" is synonymous with "being a doormat".

I've been this person in the past - never again.

Shoot him down in flames! He deserves it and he might think more carefully about treating someone badly the next time.

Don't do anything illegal, though - he isn't worth getting yourself into trouble for.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 28/07/2020 05:28

It’s an offence under the Computer Misuse Act, apart from anything else, to access someone else’s online accounts without their permission.

OP has permission. She's the site administrator .

ItWasNotOK · 28/07/2020 05:28

@SchadenfreudePersonified

There is a place between being a complete loon and being a doormat.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 28/07/2020 05:31

Which is why I suggested no illegality.

It could be easy for OP to go right to the other end of that see-saw.

timeisnotaline · 28/07/2020 05:37

Obviously op has been given permission, there’s no illegal access issues. Go on do it
OP, let it burn.

ItWasNotOK · 28/07/2020 06:02

@SchadenfreudePersonified but when you do stuff like that, no one thinks "wow she showed him", they just think he had a lucky escape

Mydogisthebestest · 28/07/2020 06:14

Just give him the password and tell him you’re not doing it anymore.

Lovebeingmama · 28/07/2020 06:29

You’ll be told that you should keep your dignity on here. However, when I’ve done similar in the past, the memory of it doesn’t make me feel undignified...it makes me smile. Terrible I know ..but true.
I’m not talking about going out of my way to wreak a revenge, but maybe just a slight nudge down the hole that they have created.

madcatladyforever · 28/07/2020 06:37

Take the twat down, he has treated you like an idiot and needs to suffer.

ShebaShimmyShake · 28/07/2020 06:54

Apart from dumping you a couple of times in a short on/off relationship, what exactly has he done? And how exactly have you been left high and dry?

ChewtonRoad · 28/07/2020 07:33

If he's determined to be a twat then give him the password to the site he "can't manage himself" Confused and let him get on the path he's chosen. You are not responsible for his shortcomings.

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