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Was I in the wrong ?

13 replies

Dolly353 · 23/05/2021 23:30

I have been with my (now ex) on and off for 10 years and we have a child together.
The relationship has been very unstable me being jealous/paranoid and very anxious towards him(I have self esteem issues and trust issues anyway but he has always lied to me through out the relationship about being with ex gfs/seeing a girl he lived with behind my back and just in general fancying a lot of his female friends)
He has gaslighted me on several occasions calling me crazy etc which I’m starting to believe iam.
The arguments have been really awful at times and I’ve said a lot of really horrible stuff to him and he has back.

When our son was born we broke up because he was going on webcam chat sites and I had a huge problem with it as I saw it as a more personal thing than normal porn. He said he liked the webcam sites because it reminded him of cybering with his ex’s and the people were real etc.

A year later he after attempting to try find someone else on dating sites/sex sites, trying to pay prostitutes and massage parlours but getting scammed also trying to get with work colleagues/ex’s and old friends he comes back to me and I take him back.

He promises not to go on the sites and everything is fine untill I find out he’s lying again and is still going on them.
He blocks the sites but still ends up going on them bypassing the blocks and the arguments become really bad. If I tried to leave him he would self harm and threaten suicide. I eventually had had enough as we were arguing for a few days and whilst arguing he was on these sites looking for people as he was talking to me.
My mental health has always been quite bad with depression and anxiety and I couldn’t cope with it anymore.
When I said I didn’t want to be with him he messages me saying he has overdosed so I call him a ambulance etc and he is fine I try to be supportive and I get back together with him but I can’t cope with the anxiety from everything that has happened. Whenever he’s lied to me or whenever I’ve caught him out and in the past he has called me delusional and crazy etc.

I broke up with him and the next day he starts joining sex sites and a week later he messages me saying he loves/misses me etc and I tell him i don’t want to be with him and to leave me alone.
I’ve also just found out I’m pregnant (pill didn’t work) and decide not to go ahead with the pregnancy because of the unstable relationship and Financial issues/mental health.
He isn’t bothered and doesn’t even ask if I’m ok I was very upset after the pregnancy ended.
I felt very emotional and depressed afterwards and tried to get back with my ex (god knows why) but he told me he didn’t want to be with me and I’d made him beg to get back with him and rejected him (I didn’t make him beg) the next day he messages and says he wants to make it work.
I ask him in the time we have been broken up has he done anything with anyone etc he says no but admits to trying to socialise with women for friendships.

I find out on the day he messaged me saying he loved/missed me a week after we broke up for the last time he had also joined several dating apps/groups on Facebook etc and had tried to get with work colleagues/ex’s/old friends and random people on his suggested friends lists.

I know we were broken up and I ended it but he had messaged saying he loved me etc and also when he thought we were going to make up he told me I was the love of his life etc and he had only spoken to two women as friends and had tried to hide the other messages etc but I found the contacts he had recently spoken to etc on his messenger.

I went completely nuts and freaked out and messaged a few of the girls asking for details of what he had said etc and was pretty horrible about him. Was I unreasonable for doing that ? Am I just a crazy ex

My ex said my behaviour isn’t normal for messaging the girls and basically embarrassing him

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Thistles24 · 23/05/2021 23:32

Walk away OP. This relationship is doing you no favours.

RagzReturnsRebooted · 23/05/2021 23:33

You shouldn't have messaged the women, no.
TL:DR skimmed it, but... He sounds like a total dick and you really need to stop spending time and energy thinking about what he is doing.
Other than child related communication, have nothing to do with him.
Focus time and energy on yourself and your mental wellbeing.

CoastAlong · 23/05/2021 23:36

Walk away. You will soon feel a lot happier. This is doing you no good at all.

1Morewineplease · 23/05/2021 23:36

You really need to work on your self esteem.
This relationship sounds toxic.
You don't trust him and he doesn't have any respect for you.
You really shouldn't have messaged these women either.

Leave him alone and only have direct contact regarding your child and nothing else.

TreeDice · 23/05/2021 23:39

YABU because you seem to know this is a toxic and unhealthy relationship and yet you're still chasing it by messaging him, his friends etc.

Just walk away. Think of your child, build your self esteem and block him. What is he possibly adding to your life?

Aquamarine1029 · 23/05/2021 23:40

Never, ever communicate with him again and try very hard to get yourself some therapy.

TestingTestingWonTooFree · 23/05/2021 23:41

This is all massively dysfunctional and no good for you or your DC.

Dolly353 · 23/05/2021 23:49

Yeah I’m not the type to act like that it was petty of me I just lost it because he had messaged saying he loved me etc and in the same day tried to get women he didn’t even know but lived in his area to come to his flat.
Plus telling me I was the love of his life and would do anything to make it work and wanted a normal loving relationship yet was still lying to me and had tried to get with several people in less than two weeks of our relationship ending.

I shouldn’t of messaged the women and do need therapy and to have no contact he makes me feel physically ill and have been having panic attacks and not been able to sleep properly since the messages to the women.

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Dolly353 · 23/05/2021 23:52

They weren’t his friends they were random women he’d tried to get with. It’s not that easy to just leave a relationship I agree though thanks for the reply

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UnFringed · 23/05/2021 23:55

The messages to women shouldn’t be your focus. Ok it wasn’t great but it’s a lot better than basically being an evil man whore which is what he is.

You need counselling and to walk away.

Librariesmakeshhhhappen · 23/05/2021 23:58

All I could think reading that was poor child.

You need to end it. Leave him. Focus on your child and simply being parents. Have nothing else to do with each other.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 23/05/2021 23:59

He sounds like a complete shit. Your mental health will improve without him confusing you. You need to leave him properly, ignore his game playing and focus on you and your dc.

JesusIsAnyNameFree · 24/05/2021 00:01

He sounds like a truly odious human being and you need to get rid of him now. You deserve better. Everyone deserves better.

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