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Or is he - moving costs after relationship end.

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DietCokeAddict19 · 16/11/2023 20:05

Ex has lived with me, rent free but paying half the bills, for 5 years. In that time he’s been able to rent out his own place to the tune of £1800 a month which he has been putting in savings.

So we’ve split up, and he has moved out and back into his own place. He lives 3 hours away, so with various trips and van hire, it’s cost him £220.

In the process of sorting out finances and our joint account etc, and he has asked me to pay half of his moving costs.

I’ve told him he’s being completely unreasonable - it’s not my problem that he lives 3 hours away and needed to hire a van.

From a guy who earns at least 4 times my salary, he’s just being a CF, right?

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MelainesLaugh · 12/10/2024 08:40

So glad you’re all doing ok.

Did you get yourself a cat in the end?

NotLactoseFree · 12/10/2024 08:43

Inam glad you are on the path to recovery. It's hard but you have been doing the work. And he is clearly a very strange person.

DietCokeAddict19 · 15/10/2024 13:22

Proseccoh · 12/10/2024 03:09

Ahh It must be something in the air right now, I was literally thinking about you earlier, having had the inevitable messages in the archive from my ex lately. It never goes away. I mean, I think it could, but we always keep a little (tiny) window open even if we don't want them around. They seep into those little gaps.

It's such a strange thing. You want to move on and be free, but there's something about it all that triggers some kind of guilt. It's like abandoning a child.

Why oh why can't they just bugger off and leave us alone. Just go away! Part of me thinks if I don't wither into insignificance he'll always think he can have an effect and will continue to try. So pointless.

Sorry to hear about the contact from your ex recently. Would you think about blocking him? There has been some comfort for me in the mutual blocking - a sort of finality about it I think. No chance of seeping in through the gaps now.

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DietCokeAddict19 · 15/10/2024 13:23

MelainesLaugh · 12/10/2024 08:40

So glad you’re all doing ok.

Did you get yourself a cat in the end?

I did! I got 2 kittens (who aren't really kittens any more!). They have been great company and despite the kids being really unsure at the start, they adore them.

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