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DD cruelly dumped by BF

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OutbackQueen · 13/09/2025 03:46

My 25 year old DD has recently been dumped in a very cruel way by her boyfriend. He did it once, said he’d made a terrible mistake, reeled her back in and then did it again.
She’s moved back in with me and is planning to go and live with a friend in London. I’m hurting for her and wrote this and want to send it to him. The only thing that’s stopping me is worrying that she might find out (although she’s blocked him on everything.)
It would make me feel better but is that just wanting revenge? Should I send it?

“She never knew him
The man who said he loved her
The man she thought would never hurt her
He knocked her down
Helped her up
And then did it again
He blamed her for it all
When she had done nothing
But give him her constant heart
She will never understand why
But one day, before too long
She will cease to care”

OP posts:
Maray1967 · 13/09/2025 10:37

Allthefruit · 13/09/2025 08:10

Why?

From nothing op has said has he actually done anything wrong, other than not wanting to be with her daughter.

He's done the right thing splitting rather than the people who stay with someone and cheat or similar

I remember I split with an ex and his whole family hated me. It made no sense. It's not evil to not want to be in a relationship with someone. The next woman he met became his wife so i clearly did the right thing ending it

He started the relationship up a second time and then dumped her. That’s not good in my book.

gtx1797h · 13/09/2025 10:45

This has to be a joke

CuddlesKovinsky · 13/09/2025 10:47

You know, we've all had a giggle, but you're clearly feeling this deeply, and I hope writing that poem helped you vent your feelings a bit (though I do agree with you not sending it).

But I think what it would have done is escalate the drama. And I don't think that would help your daughter - it's easy to mistake those heightened emotions as love... She really needs to be cooling those feelings, calming down and looking at it dispassionately, seeing for herself what a dick he is. The best help you can give her is to model that - but don't get over-involved in her emotions - at her age, she needs to work through them herself.

I hope you can all laugh about him in a short while! 🙂

ChristmasCwtch · 13/09/2025 10:51

Don’t send that!! Such an awful idea. The circumstances of the break up is nothing to do with you.

Be there for your daughter.

But remember, you don’t fully know the dynamics of someone else’s relationship, so you actually have no idea that your daughter “had done nothing” [wrong]! 🙈

Catsbreakfast · 13/09/2025 10:58

OutbackQueen · 13/09/2025 03:46

My 25 year old DD has recently been dumped in a very cruel way by her boyfriend. He did it once, said he’d made a terrible mistake, reeled her back in and then did it again.
She’s moved back in with me and is planning to go and live with a friend in London. I’m hurting for her and wrote this and want to send it to him. The only thing that’s stopping me is worrying that she might find out (although she’s blocked him on everything.)
It would make me feel better but is that just wanting revenge? Should I send it?

“She never knew him
The man who said he loved her
The man she thought would never hurt her
He knocked her down
Helped her up
And then did it again
He blamed her for it all
When she had done nothing
But give him her constant heart
She will never understand why
But one day, before too long
She will cease to care”

I’m embarrassed for you that you would send this to your adult daughter’s ex. Completely unhinged.

PollyBell · 13/09/2025 11:04

Maray1967 · 13/09/2025 10:37

He started the relationship up a second time and then dumped her. That’s not good in my book.

So a woman goes out with someone and it doesnt work for her so she breaks up with him, they stay in contact and get back together but she is not happy yet according to you she has to stay with him even though she doesn't want to be with him because it would be cruel to break up with him

Why would this be any different?

PrivateMusic · 13/09/2025 11:13

Oh god this just reminded me of a teenage memory. I was 16, maybe 17, and had broken up with my boyfriend of a year because I had caught him still texting his ex. I received a long letter from his mum in the post telling me not to let his ex ruin our relationship, that she’s a fat bitch, I’m so much better etc etc Just the cringiest thing ever. Funny thing is I know he’s married to that ex as an adult now, and it makes me giggle to wonder if his mum remembers writing such a horrible letter about her.

pictoosh · 13/09/2025 11:15

Maray1967 · 13/09/2025 10:37

He started the relationship up a second time and then dumped her. That’s not good in my book.

Not one for context, knowledge or details then?

Sam9769 · 13/09/2025 11:15

No! You'll embarrass your daughter. He'll think it's weird.

WestwardHo1 · 13/09/2025 11:16

Glad you have seen sense OP. Thank fuck sanity prevailed.

Can I just say though that I think it's lovely that you are so supportive of your daughter. My LTR ended in July and I have been devastated. My mother has literally no concept of why this should be so. She's barely been in touch. "I mean, it's not like you were married". 🙄

Thornyrose7 · 13/09/2025 11:17

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OP, to be fair I think I would always want to support my daughter if she had been dumped, but there is a right and wrong way.I would just leave this poem as a fantasy in your head. Please.

TheSquashyHatofMrGnosspelius · 13/09/2025 11:34

The thing is you only have one side of the story. You have no idea what the truth is and dumping someone isn't illegal or immoral.

I'm trying to imagine dumping a bloke, blocking him and walking away thinking I was finding my dignity finally and my mother was sending him poems behind my back.

This sort of thing is all part of young adults learning resilience. You should have stopped trying to take bullets for her years ago OP. London will be good for her.

vegetarianlouise · 13/09/2025 11:38

for the love of god do not send that poem, tell your daughter this is a very valuable lesson the universe has thrown at her: once a man dumps you, you never NEVER take him back, ever. Sounds like she needs to raise her bar a bit and has been accepting crumbs for some time. Lucky her for dodging a bullet.

user1492757084 · 13/09/2025 11:56

Your daughter is so well rid of him. He showed his true colours twice so she needs to believe how terrible he is and move on.
Help your daughter settle for nicer prospects after she has become strong again..

ILoveWhales · 13/09/2025 12:08

Maray1967 · 13/09/2025 10:37

He started the relationship up a second time and then dumped her. That’s not good in my book.

They're also mid twenties. Probably been going on since their early twenties. It's actually very common.Most people have had a relationship where they are on again off again particular that age. I've had one.

He thought he had made a mistake and realized he didn't. He missed her, started it again and realized he was right the first time. It's not nice but it's not evil.

ILoveWhales · 13/09/2025 12:09

user1492757084 · 13/09/2025 11:56

Your daughter is so well rid of him. He showed his true colours twice so she needs to believe how terrible he is and move on.
Help your daughter settle for nicer prospects after she has become strong again..

True colors. He ended a relationship.He didn't want to be in. Should he have stayed to spare the daughter and her mother, the poetry writing.

PollyBell · 13/09/2025 12:12

user1492757084 · 13/09/2025 11:56

Your daughter is so well rid of him. He showed his true colours twice so she needs to believe how terrible he is and move on.
Help your daughter settle for nicer prospects after she has become strong again..

Why is he terrible what has he actually done wrong?

QuaintPearlScroller · 13/09/2025 12:14

What a strange thing to want to do

Wildgoat · 13/09/2025 12:20

Op, I mean this gently, are you lonely or bored? Just you seem to be making this all about you, even the “I fucking hate him” comment, staying up late, writing poems about him, starting threads, now wanting to cry as people rightly pointed out you can’t do that,

you even wanted to do it and behind your daughters back, secretly, but the only thing stopping you was if your daughter found out, so you knew how hurt she’d be, how angry , but you really wanted to do it anyway, putting your needs first, in her breakup, like it was yours. You even wrote it would make you feel better and how you wanted revenge. Can you understand why that’s a little worrying?

I would focus on what’s the root cause behind this, is there something going on or lacking in your life maybe?

This is something I’d personally self examine on, and then try to resolve what’s causing it. Getting out more maybe, increasing your social circle, changing job, volunteering, taking up a hobby, because if you’re living so vicariously through your child that you actually seriously consider getting involved in her relationships behind her back, then you need to fix that.

good luck, I’m sure with some self examination and effort you can make a big difference to your own happiness.

Onthebusses · 13/09/2025 12:22

OutbackQueen · 13/09/2025 04:15

@OuijaBoard that’s brilliant advice. Several things I’ve done recently have made me question my judgement and this is one of them!

It's 4am? No judgement. I sent something like this, but far longer, to someone in my past. I have to laugh about it now.

I'm glad you took oujaboard's advice there. All you'd be doing is saying 'you have power over us' and he'd get off on it, possibly sexually.

This is a good lesson for your daughter. People's actions are what matters.

If you want to get to him the best way is to be indifferent, for that is the opposite of love. People think it's hate, but it's not.

MK19590 · 13/09/2025 12:26

Oh my actual fucking god no

whitewineandsun · 13/09/2025 12:29

PollyBell · 13/09/2025 12:12

Why is he terrible what has he actually done wrong?

Apparently, only women can walk away from relationships that don't work for them.

Allthefruit · 13/09/2025 12:33

HornyHornersPinger · 13/09/2025 10:31

There once was a Mum with a DD
Who's BF was twattish and seedy!
Mum penned a bad ode,
Then to us it was showed...
And we told her it made her look weedy.

Poetry wise that's a substantial improvement

But there is nothing damnable in deciding you don't want to be in a relationship with someone.

Change2banon · 13/09/2025 12:40

TakeMeBack2Spain · 13/09/2025 10:21

Why are you telling her not to send it hours after she’s already said she isn’t????? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 She can’t not send it twice.

Learn to read.

outerspacepotato · 13/09/2025 12:42

You wrote a cringey burn poem in the heat of the moment. Delete it now. I'm glad you didn't send it.

You need to let your adult daughter navigate her breakup. Give her support when she needs it but you shouldn't overstep in and act on her behalf or for her or do something like what you almost did.

You say you've had several lapses in judgement before this one. Take a day or two to reflect before popping off like you were about to do here. You would have embarrassed both your daughter and yourself.