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Have I ruined everything

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theheckisgoingon28 · 08/01/2026 10:32

Hi Im so sorry but this might be a long read. I just want too say everything so you all can see mayne why I feel the way I do.
been with boyfriend close too 2 and a half years. Severe issues with sex. For a good id say close to a year. I hate porn. It’s the worst thing to exist online in my opinion and I class it as cheating. Said all this at the start. When we had sex it would go on for hours with no end . After the first time I remember him saying ‘ I hope you ain’t one of them girls who thinks it’s because of them’ i said no but I did feel that way. Months went by still the same apart from the odd occasion. Now when he finished I felt so relieved. Didnt hate myself or feel disgusted with myself thinking it was me. Just to find out that so me how he had put porn on his phone with out me knowing and was watching it when we were doing it . To say iv never been so sad woth every aspect of my self is an understatement.
he said it’s because he didn’t feel like a man . But he would then watch it as soon as I left for work . So still no finshing but would send me videos when I got to work of him wanking and then phoning me after saying how much of a good wank he had ect. Honestly to this day it’s give me severe anxiety. He had a porn addiction and wanking addiction . To this day he says he hasn’t watched it since but I have found stuff on his phone so I know hes lying but he will flip out and then I think it’s all in my head .
so now I have anxiety everytime I leave his house , everytime I go to work in the morning . It’s so pathetic . Iv never experienced anything like this in my life . This morning we started doing it and he couldn’t continue because his back was hurting him. Fair enough . I got up got dressed and went to leave when he grabbed my arm and said I will not be wanking when you go to work and said it a few times . I said ok and left . On the way to work he sent me a what’s app . I don’t use my phone when driving so I pull over open it and I see a video . Instantly my stomach turns because in this video he sent me he is not full on wanking but his Willy is hard and hes wanking it slowly. He wrote under neath dont worry I won’t be wanking .
now this has all messed my head up took me back to exactly how I felt for the first year. To me why would you send that video after oddly saying I won’t be wanking when I leave then putting that caption under a video of doing exactly what you said you wouldn’t do.
I think he could tell something was wrong because he text me ok about ten mins after it. I didn’t even watch the whole video just deleted it . Iv felt so sad and sick all morning in work. I did reply and say I deleted it and I don’t get why he would send me it after saying he woundnt do it ect and how it made me feel like I did for the first year.
i could tell this pissed him off he just replied ok sorry.
then had a go saying i said no wanking not a skin touch ? What the hell. Then lost his shit and at the end told to me go shag Some one else . I just want to know if I’m in the wrong because I will say sorry or I have reason to feel the way I am . I havnt heard off him since around 6 and I highly doubt i will until maybe tomorrow. Thankyou

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Roaminginthegloaming · 08/01/2026 14:13

@theheckisgoingon28

I think that being single would be far preferable to being with this loser guy. He brings nothing positive to your life and certainly does not love or care for you.

He is abusing you. Domestic Violence isn’t confined to hitting or beating up a partner; it can be emotional or financial abuse. There is help available and you should reach out as you clearly can’t see the wood for the trees:

You can do a free online course or attend a local venue in your area of “The Freedom Programme” (there are contact details in the link below if you want to book a place on the course)

www.freedomprogramme.co,uk

Btw: what does your family think of this guy? Have they ever been to his residence?

BufferingAgain · 08/01/2026 14:13

I think whether he watches porn or not is almost by the by - sounds like just one of a myriad of issues, the main one being he’s a total nut job. Have you considered calling Women’s Aid or doing the Freedom Program? x

idontcareabouttennis · 08/01/2026 14:14

Fuck me he sounds horrific - OP you deserve SO MUCH MORE IN LIFE. Get the fuck out and don’t ever look back.

5128gap · 08/01/2026 14:16

I can't imagine he's going to find women in the wilds of Scotland queueing for several hours of boring painful attempts at sex in a camper van with a drug user who sounds thick as a brick as well as crass and abusive. So I'd try not to let a fantasy of him making some woman who isn't you happy intrude too much. It's never going to happen. He may find a new victim, but she is to be pitied not envied.
You fear change and you fear loss. And that makes you hang on to something horrible because you think its better than facing those things. However, once you've been brave and done it, it will be so much better.

L0bstersLass · 08/01/2026 14:17

@theheckisgoingon28 you said in an earlier post that you don't want him to go.
Why don't you want him to go?

Does he bring you joy?
When did he last do someting that made you happy?
Do you look forward to seeing him or getting messages from him?

Have a think about the answers to those questions, then ask yourself again - why don't you want him to go?

THEDEACON · 08/01/2026 14:23

You are being abused LTB

wrongthinker · 08/01/2026 14:25

Leave him.

He is horrible, cruel, selfish, an addict, a liar, and even your dog isn't safe around him.

You have a home, a family, a lovely dog, a full time job, and you're still young enough to change your life.

Start by ending this relationship and block him on everything. Then find yourself a really kind and experienced therapist or counsellor to help you figure out why you have allowed such an awful man to control you for so long.

Justsomethoughts23 · 08/01/2026 14:25

Woody18 · 08/01/2026 10:45

Oh my god, I am so sad reading this. And it makes me petrified for all of the young girls and women in the world that they could end up like this. What has happened to society that makes women feel they should put up with this utter shit show?
OP, you DO NOT NEED this man in your life. PLEASE just leave him. His behaviour is nothing but disgusting and I cannot fathom why you would want a relationship with someone like this. You would be SO much happier single than putting up with this and wasting your precious head space on this utter low life. Realise your worth and get away from this "relationship" as soon as you possibly can. Good luck!

This. I voted YABU because I can’t understand why you are still with someone and still having sex with someone like this. After what seems like years?? Why???

HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 08/01/2026 14:25

theheckisgoingon28 · 08/01/2026 13:13

I have also spoken to my friends in the past . I don’t anymore because I he told him and he hates it . Says I only put him down to them . But I only what has gone on . They all say the same as you all on here . We were away on the weekend . And if you read my other posts you will know what happened . Well he got drunk and kept drinking because what I said pisses him off . And after hours of putting up with him starting I said to him I got to leave amd go home . He said if I do he will slit my tyres and then told me to go. I got in the car and he came out with a knife and kept saying to reverse because I won’t have any tyres left if I do . So after the phone call to him judt now he brought that weekend up and said I caused too

SO LEAVE HIM. My God Op. Just don’t go back! Tell him you’ll contact the police if he ever contacts you again and then never speak to him.

Imagine your life without him - calm, quiet, no arguments, no stress, no anxiety.

STOP FUCKING SEEING HIM. You’re abusing yourself at this point by going back to him. Why do you think you deserve abuse??

SamphiretheTervosaur · 08/01/2026 14:30

Bluntly, it IS you

Because you arent listening to anyone here or even to yourself

You don't have to listen to him, stay with him, meet him ever again

Yet here you are spending time and effort you don't need to trying to work out how to make the most vile man I have read about in a long while someone you can fix

Maybe fix yourself. You are worth the effort, if you persuade yourself to focus on what you want, what you need

HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 08/01/2026 14:31

theheckisgoingon28 · 08/01/2026 13:48

I just want to Thankyou all so much for commenting . I know how pathetic I am and am coming across . I will get back to you all individually when I leave work. At least il try my best as I honestly didn’t expect 5 replies amd theres over 200. I have read every comment and I know your all right that I have to leave . I tell him quite often that I think he doesn’t love me . I think he does but not in the right way . Hes definitely got issues . I know he went through not a good childhood . Abusive father ect. But so did I . And I’d never treat anyone the way he treats me .

He doesn’t Op. He doesnt love you at all… in fact he likely hates you. You’re just the only human who will put up with him.

TessSaysYes · 08/01/2026 14:32

You need to sort your boundaries out before you enter into relationship.
You honestly need to be single for a while.
Your man is disgusting.

Namechange546 · 08/01/2026 14:33

theheckisgoingon28 · 08/01/2026 13:38

Hi me again , I forgot to put what I meant to say on the end of my reply to you . When I was mentioning about what happened when we went away , what really scared me about leaving him is he said that when you leave next time Im going to fuck off . He said i got the camper van now , hes going to get rid of his dog and get a better behaved one and go and never come back . Said he would go Scotland and work and the windmills or something like that . Said he doesn’t need me or anyone . And that scares me because obviously I don’t want him to go . And mainly because I’m scared he will meet someone else and they will be happy . And have the life that I always wanted for him and us . I tried my hardest to help him . Apparently all his friends say how much he’s changed and he flips out at me for apparently not seeing it . But to me change in complete change . Not still taking drugs and getting pissed a few times a month . But these friends who say this also are the ones still taking drugs with him and texting him to meet up to do drugs . Iv had an issue with everyone he bothered with even in work . Hated them all because I thought for so long it was them . Then I finally realised that it’s him . No one is forcing him to do drugs . Because it’s not just out of work it’s in work too . Hes lost his job because of drugs in the past so you think he would of learnt but he told me he used to smoke weed every day do coke in the week in his house on his own nearly all the time so now it’s not every day he thinks I should praise him for changing . But like I said to me its not change . I don’t do anything to hurt him and I never would . I know I can be horrible with what I say but it’s only because of how hurt I am . I think loads of times he deserves Someone better than me .

If he did ever manage to fool another woman into being with him, I can guarantee they won't be happy, no matter how it looks from the outside. After the mask slips, he will treat her exactly the same way as he has treated you.

He is an abuser and an addict. And that won't change.

Ukefluke · 08/01/2026 14:34

I am sorry for all your trauma but my sympathy is limited.

This is in your hands. You are not married to him, you do not live with him, you are not financially dependent on him.

If you stay with him for one more minute of your life, then you are choosing to do so.
Walk away.
let him watch porn. Let him wank to oblivion. Let him take drugs.
Not your concern.
Block him. No further communication of any sort. FROM NOW.

If you don't block him, then you are choosing to be abused for some strange reason of your own. And for that I have no sympathy. You have young people. set them a example ffs.

Mangelwurzelfortea · 08/01/2026 14:34

theheckisgoingon28 · 08/01/2026 13:45

Sorry I do blabber on when im
upset. I just got so much on my mind all at once

Understandable. It's really easy for all of us reading your posts to say leave this man - and honestly, it objectively is the best thing for you to do - but you seem to be trapped in a cycle where you think you love and need him, and can't see him for what he is, which is a manipulative porn-addicted druggie. Would you want your daughter dating someone like that? I am sure you wouldn't. So apply the same standards to yourself. Ring Women's Aid or speak to your GP about getting some counselling to work on your self-esteem issues, then hopefully what seems really clear to everyone on this thread will become clear to you. The question isn't 'have I ruined everything' - as there's nothing good in your relationship to ruin - it's 'why has the arsehole I'm dating ruined everything and how quickly can I leave him?' Good luck with it all.

HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 08/01/2026 14:37

theheckisgoingon28 · 08/01/2026 13:18

It’s mad that you say this because there has been times where he has made me think he was going to kill himself . Then turned his phone off . Also have said it a few times . But a few months ago I left because of him doing cocaine again I could tell he had took something in work . Dont know what , coke , weed, alcohol . But he phoned me really aggressive . And I was trying to apologise for over an hour . He said to record what he says and that if he finds out that I talk to another man , give another man any of my time , that he would find me and slit my throat , actually torture me first . He said that he would do it when I was in a local shop . And he said the same this weekend when he was drunk too

So you’re staying with a man who says he’s going to find you and murder you? that he wants to and is capable of torturing you? And you think he loves you? Don’t kid yourself OP.

You’re older that me and you need to grow up now. Stop letting men abuse you. He won’t find some new woman to be happy with because he’s literally the dregs of society. An abusive, Misogynist, drug addict, violent man who thinks it’s his right to terrify you. Let him fuck off. See a therapist.

Nanny0gg · 08/01/2026 14:39

NeverDropYourMooncup · 08/01/2026 13:56

Using pornography - valid reason to leave. Coerced and trafficked women, rape culture, etc. Not cheating, but morally unacceptable in itself.

Masturbation - not a particularly valid reason to leave. Is not cheating, if you asked 1000 men to put their hands up if they never masturbated, 998 of them would put their left hand up and the other two would be ambidextrous.

Sending you videos of him masturbating when you don't want to see that - valid reason to leave.

Using cocaine - why the fuck haven't you left him already?

Any reason is a valid reason to leave.

I just don't wan to be here anymore will do.

Eskarina1 · 08/01/2026 14:40

Ella31 · 08/01/2026 14:11

You are not pathetic. You are a victim of emotional abuse. I dont know why people are judging you for your past posts. You were then and still are in a shit relstionship. That's common place for women who are been emotionally abused. If I were you, come off AIBU and will you please ring womens aid. At least see what they think and advise. They know better than the keyboard warriors here who are giving out to you for reaching out for help again. Which I'm glad you have but as you can see some posters love shouting out why are you still with him but yet cant understand the very basic elements of abusive and maniipulative relationships. Please come off this and ring womens aid

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This needed reposting.

PuggyPuggyPuggy · 08/01/2026 14:41

Every single day, I go on mumsnet and I think at least once "Do you realise you are not obliged to be in a relationship with this vile man?"

Like, you're really not. Even when you are married, you can get divorced. A bofriend? You can drop him any time you like, for whatever reason you like.

Nanny0gg · 08/01/2026 14:41

Ella31 · 08/01/2026 14:06

People here need to be reminded that the reason domestic abuse against women is so common and prevalent is because the men who do it are really good at breaking these women down emotionally, physically and financially. There'a a reason why womens aid exists because these low lifes literally destroy women inside and out, often leaving them confused, afraid and feeling they are wrong. Giving out to the op for not leaving or making excuses is not helping. If you have advice or links great, but giving out to her for posting before is riddiculous. It's tiring seeing victim blaming going on.

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I think it's more the point that her posts are always virtual streams-of-consciousness rather than any responses to the points made.

She really doesn't appear to want to listen at all.

Nanny0gg · 08/01/2026 14:43

Ella31 · 08/01/2026 14:11

You are not pathetic. You are a victim of emotional abuse. I dont know why people are judging you for your past posts. You were then and still are in a shit relstionship. That's common place for women who are been emotionally abused. If I were you, come off AIBU and will you please ring womens aid. At least see what they think and advise. They know better than the keyboard warriors here who are giving out to you for reaching out for help again. Which I'm glad you have but as you can see some posters love shouting out why are you still with him but yet cant understand the very basic elements of abusive and maniipulative relationships. Please come off this and ring womens aid

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But she won't listen to you either.

I'd really like to know how old her daughter is and whether she has anything to do with vile excuse for a human

Coffeislife · 08/01/2026 14:46

Have read your previous posts so much crap from him just in 3 months. You give off a lovely vibe from your posts , but I highly doubt you're going to finish things with him. He doesn't love you , value you or respect you and you will lose absolutely every part of yourself before you lose him and that's sad as there is so much better you could do, either single or in the future someone non toxic. He will not change.

Letsswitchitup · 08/01/2026 14:47

theheckisgoingon28 · 08/01/2026 10:32

Hi Im so sorry but this might be a long read. I just want too say everything so you all can see mayne why I feel the way I do.
been with boyfriend close too 2 and a half years. Severe issues with sex. For a good id say close to a year. I hate porn. It’s the worst thing to exist online in my opinion and I class it as cheating. Said all this at the start. When we had sex it would go on for hours with no end . After the first time I remember him saying ‘ I hope you ain’t one of them girls who thinks it’s because of them’ i said no but I did feel that way. Months went by still the same apart from the odd occasion. Now when he finished I felt so relieved. Didnt hate myself or feel disgusted with myself thinking it was me. Just to find out that so me how he had put porn on his phone with out me knowing and was watching it when we were doing it . To say iv never been so sad woth every aspect of my self is an understatement.
he said it’s because he didn’t feel like a man . But he would then watch it as soon as I left for work . So still no finshing but would send me videos when I got to work of him wanking and then phoning me after saying how much of a good wank he had ect. Honestly to this day it’s give me severe anxiety. He had a porn addiction and wanking addiction . To this day he says he hasn’t watched it since but I have found stuff on his phone so I know hes lying but he will flip out and then I think it’s all in my head .
so now I have anxiety everytime I leave his house , everytime I go to work in the morning . It’s so pathetic . Iv never experienced anything like this in my life . This morning we started doing it and he couldn’t continue because his back was hurting him. Fair enough . I got up got dressed and went to leave when he grabbed my arm and said I will not be wanking when you go to work and said it a few times . I said ok and left . On the way to work he sent me a what’s app . I don’t use my phone when driving so I pull over open it and I see a video . Instantly my stomach turns because in this video he sent me he is not full on wanking but his Willy is hard and hes wanking it slowly. He wrote under neath dont worry I won’t be wanking .
now this has all messed my head up took me back to exactly how I felt for the first year. To me why would you send that video after oddly saying I won’t be wanking when I leave then putting that caption under a video of doing exactly what you said you wouldn’t do.
I think he could tell something was wrong because he text me ok about ten mins after it. I didn’t even watch the whole video just deleted it . Iv felt so sad and sick all morning in work. I did reply and say I deleted it and I don’t get why he would send me it after saying he woundnt do it ect and how it made me feel like I did for the first year.
i could tell this pissed him off he just replied ok sorry.
then had a go saying i said no wanking not a skin touch ? What the hell. Then lost his shit and at the end told to me go shag Some one else . I just want to know if I’m in the wrong because I will say sorry or I have reason to feel the way I am . I havnt heard off him since around 6 and I highly doubt i will until maybe tomorrow. Thankyou

I can’t even stomach reading your full post OP. WTF are you doing with him?

EchoesOfOurDreams · 08/01/2026 14:47

Why have you made a new thread about the same issue? We all said in the last one to LTB so why would you expect different answers this time?

Coffeislife · 08/01/2026 14:48

Can you access a councillor/ therapy ?