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Read partners phone... its bad

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Honeymonster2 · 21/01/2024 12:06

I've gone through my partners phone (together 9 years, 4 kids) because I suspected he'd taken drugs on Friday night, just in the living room while me and the kids were in bed... turns out yes he had done that and also messaged a prostitute at 5.30am to see about meeting her and then he's backed out saying delete my number.

What am I supposed to do now? I know I shouldn't have done it. I feel numb.

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Combattingthemoaners · 21/01/2024 19:01

RampantIvy · 21/01/2024 16:01

I wish girls could be educated about this kind of thing at school. There are depressingly too many similar threads like this on mumsnet.

I have no useful advice @Honeymonster2. I hope you can find a way out of this dreadful situation Flowers

They are. Controlling behaviour and healthy relationships form part of our PSHE programme. Unfortunately many of them see unhealthy relationships at home or online for an hour a week every now and then to have an impact. Schools cannot fix all of societies complex issues unfortunately.

LifeExperience · 21/01/2024 19:13

There is no magic wand, OP. Unless you're willing for this to be your one and only life, forever, you need to find it in yourself to kick him out. He won't change, and backing out of meeting his whore doesn't absolve him of anything. He lies, he cheats, he drinks, he does drugs and he gambles. He won't change.The only person you can change is you.

Runnerinthenight · 21/01/2024 19:22

Honeymonster2 · 21/01/2024 12:39

Even aside from the money, stuff has happened in the past and I've asked on forums what to do (I don't have any friends in real life) and it always ends in 'leave him' but this feels worse somehow. Does the fact he backed out redeem the situation?

Answering other questions, we're 35 and 33 and all kids are his. We've been together 9 years but he was my first real relationship. We're not married.

No, nothing can "redeem the situation"!!

How can you possibly want to rear your children with this waster?

How are you financially reliant on him when he's chucking his money away on drink, drugs, gambling and whores!?

tuscanvines · 21/01/2024 19:28

And yet you still had 4 children with him. I despair.

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