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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to want him to just die?

114 replies

PyongyangKipperbang · 08/10/2021 01:34

Some of you will know my history but for those that dont...

horrifically abusive ex, attempted murder of me that didnt get to court thanks to a police fuck up. Had a trigger moment today that has left me in pieces. Spoke to a "friend" who said that I shoudlnt wish him dead as that is horrible thing to wish on anyone.

AIBU.

OP posts:
Holskey · 08/10/2021 20:03

In an ideal world, you'd wish nobody dead. It's bad for the soul to harbour such hate.

But it isn't an ideal world and he contributed massively to that so fuck him. Might as well acknowledge that the world would be better without him. I know a prick like that too. Yanbu Flowers

StoneofDestiny · 08/10/2021 20:14

Wishing him dead isn't going to make him dead, so no big deal.

Watchingyouwazowski · 10/10/2021 20:24

@Munchysox You are amazing. 💖

FOJN · 10/10/2021 20:55

It's completely normal to wish an abusive ex dead, it's the one way you know you will feel safe. It's not about punishment them or making them suffer, it's simply wanting the certainty of knowing they can never hurt you again. I can completely understand your hopes that COVID would sort things out for you.

I'm not sure I can agree your friend is kind. I doubt she has had a similar experience to you or she would understand. She appears to have sympathy for your ex but fuck all empathy for you. Hand her your shoes next time she utters that kind of nonsense and tell her to walk a mile in them.

Forgiving and forgetting are two different things. Forgiving the past is about freeing yourself or the anger and resentment you may feel towards your ex about all the abuse but forgetting may well be dangerous, don't feel bad about not forgetting.

I'm glad he's your ex but I'm sorry you still have to deal with him and I'm sorry your friend doesn't understand.

Munchysox · 14/10/2021 12:39

Like you I got to this point, but only after decades of counselling and deep deep self examination. The fact that my stepfather was slowly dying (prostate cancer) and also had awareness that he had dementia (it really fuckin' scared him) left him in exactly the same terrified, powerless position he put me in, as a child. Only for me the child it was so much worse, obviously.

Talk about Karma in action? Having said this it really gave me no pleasure at all to see him like this, or to know that he was having all of these awfully frightening thoughts and feelings. Again, it too so ling to get to that point.

I don't want to focus on my situation too much as this thread is about the OP, but in time you'll feel comfortable having these feelings, not angry at yourself. It's ok to feel hatred, it's a way to survive. Imagine if you had to hold all of it in, or had to force yourself to think good thoughts about someone who had hurt you in every way imaginable, you'd go mad.

So embrace all of the feelings, good and bad, at least, unlike this man, feelings won't kill anyone. Sending you so much love and loads of hugs, sweetheart.

Munchy.
XXX

3scape · 14/10/2021 12:43

A perfectly reasonable response. Your friend is a piece of work. You're telling her the extreme to which he affects your rational thinking and she says it's horrible ..... Of you. She's got no empathy and not someone you can rely on.

3scape · 14/10/2021 12:44

You have to protect yourself. From him, and from so called friends that just gloss over how much pain you are in.

Embracelife · 14/10/2021 12:46

Spending any if your energy on him is a,waste
So on that basis
You should be simply indifferent
And not think of him at all

Munchysox · 14/10/2021 12:49

You are one amazing lady. A survivor who is an inspiration to anyone who needs to be inspired. If you felt any differently at this point in time I would be quite concerned about the state of your mental health. It's normal (for normal also read healthy) to go through these thoughts and feelings. This is not the grieving process, although you do have to process the loss of yourself for the time you spent with this person, as you're now finding out about who you are and about reclaiming your own inner power.

I have to say I think you're doing marvellously. Rock on love.

Muchy
XXX

Justthoughts · 14/10/2021 13:15

I think your feelings are very understandable in your situation. It reminded me of a quote I once read...

"All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."

ClawedButler · 14/10/2021 13:29

I think your friend meant well - and yes, in an ideal world no-one would think like that. Because in an ideal world no-one would cause someone to feel like that.

But I think what you really mean is, "I wish I had a cast-iron guarantee that he could never do anything to me ever again", and the only cast-iron guarantee of that is that he dies.

Seems like a perfectly reasonable response to a chronically traumatic situation.

So. Shall we start by removing his fingernails?

LakieLady · 14/10/2021 13:48

Fucking hell, YANBU at all, OP.

In fact, I think it's entirely reasonable and wonder if a collective thought along those lines by the MN hivemind might finish him off. Wink

FlatteredFool · 21/10/2021 10:15

My Italian friend told me that back home a group of men would have gone and thrown a blanket over ex's head, roughed him up a bit and they would have been the end of his nonsense towards me. I have often wished we were in Italy. I don't actually wish him any harm but I wish he'd fuck off onto another planet.

Rexthesnail · 21/10/2021 11:55

I am very much looking forward to when my ex husband dies. He sexually abused my daughter.

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