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Met his exp... we chatted ... am I naive to believe her?

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recyclemybot · 21/09/2022 14:14

We are on a break. We havent been getting on as life has become incredibly stressful for lots of different reasons.We had a massive barney and he bolted but came back to talk a week later.
He didn't respond to me at all during this time even though I pleaded to sort things out.
We met and spoke but again had a massive row.
We are deeply incompatible it seems.

I then met his exp of years.

She is lovely and asked how things were between me and P.
I told her things were bad and she seemed to have guessed that he did indeed ignore me and not respond until he was ready.
The similarities were eerie.

She described him as breaking her soul because he was cold and mean and unloving when they fought.

How she begged and pleaded for comms but none forthcoming until he decided.
One day, she had enough and knew it was over.
He then ran, begged and pleaded but to her great respect, she refused to have him back.
He broke down.
I met him a year later.
He said she was controlling and he was afraid of her.
She said she lost who she was when with him.

His actions right now seem to match her description of ignoring me until he is ready but he won't get any good from me when he does.
His ability to freeze me out is frightening. Unloving and absolute lack of empathy.

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oobeedoobee · 21/09/2022 15:18

You've already experienced this uncaring, cold and calculated behaviour from him.

She has simply proved that he's always behaved like this whenever he is challenged !

He'll never 'change', because he doesn't ever want to ! He's just going to keep destroying women until he finds one with such a low bar that she accepts this !

Don't be that woman ffs !

LosttheremoteAGAIN · 21/09/2022 15:19

My ex-some of his ‘better’ traits where
gaslighting
pissing me about
letting me down
silent treatment
Cancelling me with no notice
picking rows so I’d bite-and then I was ‘dangerous’ and ‘evil’
sleeping around behind my back (I found this out afterwards)

he was a Prince-not

he always claimed his ex was ‘controlling’ ‘spent all his money’ ‘would scream at him for no reason’ ‘tried to ruin his life’ ‘moaned at him over everything’

anyway we where on a break,and his ex and I got talking (I can’t remember who got in touch with who) and he’d done the exact same things to her

i finished it-I’m the ‘controlling bitch who screamed at him for nothing all the time,I’ve tried to ruin his life and never stopped moaning’ (he couldn’t say I’d spent his money-he just used mine-he’d insisted his ex was a stay at home mum through their marriage,but hated that she’d bought stuff for their kids or herself with ‘his’ money)

new girlfriend believed it-and he did the same to her-and the one after that-the cycle continues

believe her-he’ll move on to the next sucker,but at least your out of it

it pisses me off that he still trots out that I’m dangerous and controlling but the ones who know me,don’t believe it

properdoughnut · 21/09/2022 15:20

Doesn't really matter if you belive her coz he's treating you like shit. You can do better.

Marvellousmadness · 21/09/2022 15:22

If you believe her
You dont trust your partner
And your relationship is already over

But by the sound of it.it was already dead in the water.

Block and move on.

AcrossthePond55 · 21/09/2022 15:31

Absolutely believe her! She has no skin in the game and is trying to validate your own words to her.

Been there done that and, God, I wish I'd listened to the ex when she warned me off the bastard.

Sit quietly and listen to your own feelings about his behaviour then compare it to her experiences. You'll see the truth about him written in letters 10 feet tall right in front of you.

Block him. No explanations needed. He knows exactly what he's doing to you.

SatInTheCorner · 21/09/2022 15:42

Listen to her and learn from her.

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