Dh bullying my son?

[trixey]

My son is autistic, goes to an sen school, he loves animals. He has no proper friends sadly. We adopted a cat about a year ago. DS adores the cat.

Every now and then Dh will joke to DS that he's going to take the cat away. DS laughs but the joke carries on until DS asks me if Dh is being serious. I of course say he is joking.

It's becoming a bit if a thing. Maybe once a week. I should add that Dh isn't DS father. It's his step father.

I don't see anything funny with this. I have asked Dh to stop but that 'joke' continues.

I know in my head what I feel...I'll see if you all agree with me.

Just saw your up date. Well done on leaving, that can't have been easy.

Well done on putting your child and cat before that abusive twat.

Thank you all. We were saving for a mortgage but his football bets came first. He had around £150 a week and still thought we would manage to get a mortgage. I was never going to get anywhere in life with him. I'm sad, it was my marriage. I put effort in, I was there for him. But it only worked one way. I can't live like that anymore.

Does DH know it's over?

Bloody well done OP. You're very strong

👏👏👏 you're amazing well done for getting out of there for the sake of you and your wonderful son. I hope things continue to get better for you x

Well done for leaving. It really is death by a thousand cuts.

I have had a similar experience with my ex, very charming but with a mean side. He was great with my DS when he was younger too but switched as he became an adolescent and finally was so nasty about him when I stopped reacting, I had to get rid.
Gambler too, I could almost have written your post. As my MIL used to say 'one hand can't clap'.

It gets better in time, trust me