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To think his behaviour is ridiculous!

13 replies

angeldustpv · 30/07/2023 15:39

So I'm becoming more and more convinced that my relationship is nearing/at its end but today has just taken the biscuit. Quick backstory: been together 10 years, 2 kids that are biologically mine but have only ever known him as dad (no contact with bio), over the past year we've both had major bereavements, he's been diagnosed with chronic health conditions so we're navigating both the medical investigations as well as the benefits system which seems determined to beat him down, and his mental health has gone through the floor. Lots of anger, depression, anxiety etc. I've been trying to hold everything together, have been the main breadwinner for pretty much the whole relationship and the only earner now, making sure the kids are OK and doing all of the family admin (schools, medicals, playdates, shopping etc) but it's really taken a toll on our relationship especially after my mum passed away and he just didnt/couldn't support me.

Today I left the kids to make egg mayo whilst I went for a lie down. They're 11 and 12, we regularly cook together and they're doing brilliantly at developing independence with food. I helped them time the eggs boiling and drain the hot water and left them at the point of peeling the eggs so they were safe. 20 mins later I heard shouting downstairs followed by the door slamming and then him driving off. Went straight down to see what had happened and they told me he'd gone off at them because they hadn't made him a sandwich! Bear in mind they hadn't actually made themselves any sandwiches either just the egg mayo and... they're the **ing children! Apparently this heinous failure on their part means that he's treated like shit in his own home and has driven him to start smoking again. He said this to the kids, so he's put all that on their shoulders over a blinking sandwich.

Also my son offered to make him breakfast but he declined. I really don't want him to come home!

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TRexTara · 30/07/2023 15:43

They are little girls! Why does he think it's their responsibility to feed him? Couldn't he just have asked if he could have one too? They must have been so upset. Do you often walk on eggshells (no pun) around him? He sounds like a twat.

TheGuv1982 · 30/07/2023 15:44

Can’t work, can’t make a sandwich..what can he actually manage? apart buying some fags to further damage his failing health.

TRexTara · 30/07/2023 15:45

Sorry, I see at least one is your son. Not girls.

Changingplace · 30/07/2023 15:45

What an absolute twat, a ridiculous over reaction, is he always like this?

angeldustpv · 30/07/2023 16:08

Thanks for the support, at the minute it's a constant battle just to bite my tongue and not set him off or trying to be positive around his negativity. I'm so tired of it, yesterday he was in a foul mood all day and I just couldn't be doing with it so I went up to the bedroom and left him to it. Said good morning etc today but not actually had a conversation as it's always me that makes the effort to reconcile, usually when he's been an arse.

Re the kids responsibilities, I spent a long time reassuring them that it is indeed NOT their responsibility to feed their adult father. Nor is it their fault if he chooses to start smoking again, or for any of his actions! I feel awful for them, have definitely been trying to hold the relationship together for their sake but stuff like this makes me think they're better off if we're not together!

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DinoMummsy · 30/07/2023 18:32

Sounds like you and the kids would be much happier if he lived elsewhere. I grew up with a father who could be like that and it was awful, walking on eggshells all the time and wondering when his next outburst would be. The amount of days out, birthdays, Christmasses as well as ordinary days which were ruined by his awful behaviour. Wish my Mum had thought of leaving him, my childhood (and my siblings) could have been much happier. Definitely make plans to separate.

Dombasle · 30/07/2023 19:04

He's an albatross around your neck.

Health ailments are not an excuse to abuse your children.

Dombasle · 30/07/2023 19:05

I also think you should change the word ridiculous to abusive.

ScentlessAprentice · 30/07/2023 19:16

How fucking dare he put it on your children that he's started smoking again. Believe me, I get how hard it is to give up, but you don't put that on your kids. I remember my Mum quitting years ago, and then having a bad day and sending me to the shop to get cigarettes for her. And I remember saying no, you're off them, I don't think I should get them. And her then roaring "fucking go to the shop now" at me. 30+ years later and I still remember it so vividly. This kind of thing tends to stay with you

ScentlessAprentice · 30/07/2023 19:22

Also, I have a chronic disease. I feel awful most of the time. I have significant mental health problems. I don't ever speak to anyone the way he did. I don't treat my husband the way he treats you. You and your children deserve so much netter than this. It's awful having such problems, but it's not an excuse to behave horribly

SmirnoffIceIsNice · 30/07/2023 19:24

You were correct with your very first sentence OP. This relationship has reached its end. His health problems do not give him amen excuse to be rude and abusive. Your first priority is to protect your children from this idiot.

IseeNarcPeople · 30/07/2023 19:26

You must be exhausted. I'm so sorry you lost your mum and had no support from him, that's unforgivable, it really is.
Making children think a parents behaviour is "All their fault" is really fucked up and it can turn into those children as adults walking around on eggshells with their shitty partner.
He can't see past his own wants, needs and feelings.
For yours and your children's mental health yes I think you need to leave him.

whatdidshedotogetahillnamedafterher · 30/07/2023 19:38

get rid op..for you and your kids, you might not see it now but life will become so much better for you an the kids with him gone.

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