I need to talk about this

[Lostandscared1]

Basically what the title says. And I’m posting in AIBU for traffic.

i am very nervous to post this

35F, he is 32M. We do not live together. I have children from previous relationship and he has not met them - important info.

I am in an abusive relationship. There is no question or doubt about it. We have been together for coming up to a year, yes I know it has not been long. I had rose tinted glasses on up until April/May time this year and I have tried to end the relationship a few times.

i need to tell someone, anyone about what happened this morning. I had stayed at his this weekend whilst my children were with exDP. We had actually had quite a nice weekend up until late last night where we got home from a date night I had organised where suddenly the cheating claims came out etc etc etc. This morning it kicked off again as I tried to express my hurt calmly about something and he just hit the roof and told me to get the fuck out of his house so, I proceeded to do so by getting myself ready, packed my things and went downstairs to say goodbye I shall be leaving now. He went absolutely insane, and I mean insane. He was screaming at the top of his voice against the fireplace wall, punched himself in the head and proceeded to scream at me, in my face calling me all the names under the sun and he ran into the kitchen where the back door is to exit so I could leave and he picked up a knife. When I tell you I was scared, I was terrified so I rushed to unlock the back door to escape. He proceeded to hold the knife against his own wrists and scream at me im going to slit my wrists and your going to watch me die. I obviously begged and pleaded with him not to do that, knife still in his hand and he was shouting that nothing would satisfy him more knowing that he dies and I watched him. He then held the knife in the air so I ran back to the back door and he screamed at me to shut it and I said no, he slammed the knife down and said shut the door so I did. He was screaming at me that I drive him to this, I’m narcissistic im evil, all the usual abuse I get almost daily at this point. I was shaking, sobbing, and he went and sat down and then was accusing me of having another boyfriend, that I’ve manipulated every man I’ve been with. Just tearing my character down with false accusations which again is something I’m very used too. He held his fist up to me too before I went upstairs to get changed, and he chased me up the stairs and got in my face to shout at me to tell him what I was saying to his face.

i physically cannot leave. I am trapped. After this, he acted like nothing had happened. He was laughing at social media, trying to make jokes whilst I was completely numb all afternoon waiting for the time I can leave to have my children back.

in the times I’ve tried breaking up with him before but I haven’t physically been with him, he’s found me and he’s gone hysterical at me until I’ve changed my mind or he threatens to attack me or come into the place I am and confront me, or he’s gotten into his car and screamed at me where I am until I tell him and then he threatens suicide.

please do not judge please be kind.

i feel like I’m dealing with someone who has a serious split personality disorder. I do not want the police involved, but I do need to leave. I’m working with a therapist currently to understand why I allowed this in the first place. I’m a lot stronger now but the reactions I get terrify me, especially today.

i just needed to get this out and I just need to hear that what I am experiencing is not ok. Apparently I’m the evil bitch.

Police. Restraining order. Do not go near him.or give in.

You're not though. The relationship is over right now. When you stop answering any messages at all and involve the police, that's it, end of relationship. You are only trapped in your mind.

Your children deserve better than a mother who puts up with this sort of behaviour from men. Do better.

For all those who will condemn me for saying this - no. The time for softly softly is over now, he is a physical threat and she needs to stop being so weak. She absolutely must stop being so weak or she will not survive - and of course she is being weak regardless of reasons. That's not a judgement, it's a statement of fact.

i guess it depends what you’re trying to achieve. If you want to voice your opinion, then sure, go for it. But it’s not ‘softly softly’ to respond in a way that demonstrates empathy and makes the OP feel more confident in how to proceed. Your opinion of whether the relationship is over has no bearing on what the (potentially very dangerous) man in the picture thinks, and therefore the priority should be on helping the OP stay safe. Telling her she’s weak isn’t likely to help do that. But if it makes you feel better 🤷‍♀️

I guess it depends what you're trying to achieve. If you want to voice your opinion, then sure go for it. But going "softly softly" and encouraging and coddling a weak approach in what could now be a literal life or death situation with a very dangerous man has achieved nothing and will continue to achieve nothing and the priority should be on keeping the OP and her children safe.

Shocking her into the realisation of her weakness and how dangerous that is for her children and herself may have some effect where your coddling and softly softly approach has had none.

Coddling her and going softly softly is unlikely to achieve anything at this stage, but if it makes you feel like you virtue signalled appropriately and therefore feel better, do that ¯\(ツ)/¯

But you and others with that attitude aren’t shocking her, are they? They’ve actually made her feel she can’t come back to the thread (she said as much herself).

Haven’t seen anyone coddling to be honest, I’ve seen people offering practical advice, including from a professional background, and empathy from their own experience, and cheering her on to stay strong. And then a bunch of people who want to kick her when she’s down. Bizarre that you think not insulting someone when they’re at a low ebb is virtue signalling.

But your coddling attitude hasn't helped her at all helped her at, has it? And you have absolutely no idea if she is reading the thread (almost 100 percent guarantee she is).

And if you really think she isn't reading it then you are just flapping your gums at me.

So anyway, yep I am right to try to shock her into not being so weak and protect her children and herselves from murder at the hands of a dangerous man. I will just keep doing that, and you can keep virtue signalling and imagining you know just how someone feels, what they are thinking and what they are doing because you think it makes you sound nice. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Again, haven’t seen anyone coddling on the thread. Nor anyone claiming to know what others feel. The OP said herself that some of the atrocious comments made her feel like she had to leave the thread. I hope she is reading because there has been practical advice from professionals that could actually help her. I don’t think derailing the thread any more is helpful, so I’ll leave you do whatever you’re drinking. Have a great night. 👍

I don’t understand how the Op can be so 100% adamant that he wouldn’t “dare” to come to her house, when he’s a violent unhinged abusive twat who presumably knows her address after being together a year. I find that a bit… odd

Do you not understand that I have tried safely getting away? But then he threatens suicide?

It doesn't matter if he threatens suicide. Every time he does you have to walk away from it, cut the phone call off, shut the door. If he meant it, he would have done it by now. My sister's abusive ex repeatedly threatened suicide if she tried to leave, to the extent that he purported to take an overdose of paracetamol and took himself to hospital - obviously calling her to make sure she knew. Surprise, surprise, it turned out to he'd taken nothing like enough for an overdose. DSis did eventually manage to leave him and he's still very much alive and horrible, and probably busy abusing some other unfortunate woman.

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when I was a teen the BF said he would kill himself if we split. I said go ahead and do it - either way im not staying with you. He didn’t kill himself - I saw him around a few years later. If he had killed himself it would not have been anything to do with me.

OP my ex threatened to kill himself if I left him. I phoned the police. I said if he did not feel he could keep himself safe that he needed professional help that I couldn’t provide. They visited him to ensure he was safe - in the pub, where he’d been ringing me from. The embarrassment of being held to account in front of his drinking buddies ensured he never threatened me with suicide again.

She could have Stockholm Syndrome. I hope the op has family she can turn too who will make her see sense and possibly beat the shit out of him. Not advocating violence but sometimes it's the only language they will understand.

Possibly
Meanwhile her children are unsafe