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My boyfriend is an absolute cock! Agree or disagree?

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Lavender55555 · 14/10/2020 19:45

This is going to be long so please bare with me. Basically we have been together for 3 years and have a DS who is 1 and things are just so miserable lately. DH never seems to want to spend anytime together as a family and it’s really hurtful.
The row started this morning because we were going to go to my MIL’s, and DH said he couldn’t be bothered to go and for me and DS to just go. I simply said don’t you want to spend time with us today? It was his first and only day off this week, he hasn’t seen our DS for 5 days as he has been on late shifts apart from the odd 10 minutes before he leaves etc, so I would have thought he’d want to spend time together as a family, but clearly I was wrong.

Started off a big argument about how he never gets time to himself, he said he works all week and I get 5 days off a week, I have gone back to work for 2 days and I get to do whatever I want in those 5 days. He seems to think being a mother full time is easy. I tried to explain I don’t have any time off at all, 5 days a week I have DS and the other 2 days I’m at work myself. But no that’s not good enough. I get 5 days off a week. It was what we agreed after my maternity would happen otherwise I’d be working full time to put DS in nursery and that’s not something we wanted. But now it’s being thrown back in my face. If I made more money in my role full time then I’d happily switch but no that’s not good enough either.

He’s just so frustrating, he knows he has power over me. He owns the house. He bought it with his ex long before I moved in. He’s never put me on the mortgage because he’s always told me it costs 3k (which is something we haven’t had spare) so every time we argue he throws get out it’s my house in my face knowing I have no where else to go. I just don’t know what to do anymore.

Find it so infuriating how he never lets me cool off after an argument, he’s straight there saying it’s not fair to leave him hanging after I said I wanted a night to think about things, I said I was going to go to my sisters for the night, but he was in my face saying so what’s happening I deserve to know etc. Apparently if I said we are over he said I’ll have a timeline to get my stuff or he’ll throw it on the garden? I said to him what the fuck is wrong with you? I just don’t understand. Why can’t I have a night to just breathe, it’s always on his terms even though he said I’m always the one in control because I wouldn’t tell him what I wanted to do right this second.

It’s hard because I don’t want to upset DS or break his family but sometimes I really don’t like the way he is, and speaks to me. Especially how he throws the house in my face. Am I in the wrong?

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tortiecat · 14/10/2020 19:49

Too right he's a cock OP. Angry The comment about you having "five days off" makes my blood boil. Also the house thing.
Are you married? Your title says boyfriend but you call him DH in your post.
How have you left things?

ivykaty44 · 14/10/2020 19:49

He’s a bit of pond life
Is it just your stuff on the lawn of your D.C. aswell?

Floralnomad · 14/10/2020 19:52

You were wrong to have a baby and be reliant on this knob for your home and security aside from that you are not wrong at all . Frankly I’d be making plans to leave as this won’t change and will only get harder as you and the baby get older . At least if you were a single parent he would have to pay and you’d get some days off when he has the baby .

SunshineOnATrainToday · 14/10/2020 19:52

Why are you with this man? Does he have any good points? It sounds like he has no respect for you.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 14/10/2020 19:52

Youre not in the wrong he sounds awful. I suggest that on one of your 5 days off you see a solicitor for some advice. Not saying you should ltb immediately but I think it would be wise to have an idea of where you stand. I bet it doesnt cost 3k to out you on the mortgage.

BikerWife · 14/10/2020 19:52

Please don't put up with this, you deserve better Flowers

MadeForThis · 14/10/2020 19:53

You deserve better.

romeolovedjulliet · 14/10/2020 19:53

bottom of the pond at that, have you family you could stay with until you get sorted out ?

MooPointCowsOpinion · 14/10/2020 19:56

This is not an environment you want to raise a child in. Your son will think this is how men treat women, he will think his mum could be homeless at any point. I work with teenagers who spend their time trying to protect their mum from their scary dad, it fucks them up.

You deserve better and so does your child. Speak to a shelter or a family member about getting out ASAP.

Newwayofthinking · 14/10/2020 19:57

Have you made your own enquiries about putting your name on the house and how much it costs?

Does his parents know the threats he makes to you and your son about throwing you out?

Is marriage on the cards? You are in a very perilous situation

TheRealShatParp · 14/10/2020 19:57

He sounds awful :(

MsEllany · 14/10/2020 20:00

Ugh he sounds awful. He also sounds like a liar; it cost me £250 to add my husband to my mortgage when we remortgaged.

Warpdrive · 14/10/2020 20:01

He needs to man up and take some responsibility for your happiness. And what would make you happy is if he spent more time with you. What makes you unhappy is him making weak excuses to duck out of norm parental duties. I dont think its unsalvageable but he needs to up his game.

katy1213 · 14/10/2020 20:01

Surely the signs were all there before you got pregnant? Doesn't want your name on the house - doesn't respect you enough to marry you - and now you're surprised? You needed to set your bar a lot higher from the outset. But never too late to get rid. He won't change.

SunshineCake · 14/10/2020 20:02

It doesn't cost £3k to be added to the mortgage Angry.

Some serious thinking time needs to happen. Sorry, @Lavender55555.

MaskingForIt · 14/10/2020 20:02

It only costs about £300 to put you on the deeds, but that’s by-the-by. Your relationship is already over and you need to make plans to leave.

Can you stay with your sister or anyone else until you can get benefits and a flat sorted out for you and your son?

ivykaty44 · 14/10/2020 20:02

It’s certainly not an equal paranoia it

What can you do though?

Lavender55555 · 14/10/2020 20:03

Sorry! He's my boyfriend, just easier to write DH than boyfriend each time. We are not married.

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NotOfThisWorld · 14/10/2020 20:03

YANBU. You need to make plans to leave this man. You're in a vulnerable position staying financial dependent on this arsehole.

carly2803 · 14/10/2020 20:08

it costs about £200 to put you on the mortgage.So he is full of shit. He can chuck you out whenever he wants.

i suggest you get your ducks in a row OP,either make sure you get your name on the house or get your own house?

RandomMess · 14/10/2020 20:15

You don't want to be on the mortgage that's debt!!!

You want your name on the go house deeds...

Chloemol · 14/10/2020 20:16

I would be packing up my stuff now, moving out on one of the 5 days you ‘dont do anything on’ and leave him to it

If he is the father contact cms

He’s no role model for your child

Leimarel · 14/10/2020 20:29

Leave him. He's a cock. You and your son deserve better than him.

Spinningdot · 14/10/2020 20:29

This is abuse. I heard it all before from my ex, including 'get the fuck out of my house' when I was (still am) our children's primary care-giver. Eventually he did make us homeless. Contact Women's Aid for advice.
Contact family for support if it's an option.
Any time the past comes up between my ex and I, he twists the truth to suit his own narrative & version of events. When children come into the picture, the dynamic of a relationship can change dramatically. Abuse often starts during pregnancy or after children arrive, not least because the mother is now in a very vulnerable position, and is often financially dependent on her partner. That was my experience. I'm sorry to say it probably won't get any better.

LouHotel · 14/10/2020 20:30

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