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AIBU to think my fiance overreacted by getting a younger woman's number because I double booked by accident, and threw my belongings about?

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Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 12:52

I am trying to work out whether I am being unfair or whether my fiancé genuinely overreacts to situations.
I was spending a long weekend with him and we had plans for Monday. Friday to Sunday eve were lovely and we did sightseeing etc. then went to his and were planning to stay there for a few nights.

However, I realised I had accidentally double-booked the Monday because my adult DD had arranged for me to meet her new boyfriend and his father over lunch. It was important to her and had been organised for a while. DD has is ND and has severe MH issues; this is the first "normal" relationship she has had and it's a huge deal for her.

I told my fiancé on Sunday afternoon that I would go to the lunch for a few hours and then come back afterwards so we could still spend the Monday evening together and the following days.

He was furious. He said I was choosing other people over him and repeatedly referred to my daughter's boyfriend and his father as "strange men". He seemed particularly upset that I would be spending time with another man, even though it was DD's BF's dad not just a random stranger.

After I had told him I had double booked and would need to go for a few hours we were arguing about it non-stop for hours. I was crying at one point and I kept saying I was sorry, it was human error, not deliberate. After all this arguing I was tired and wanted to stay in, but at around 11pm he insisted we go out. While we were out he deliberately started talking to a much younger woman, introduced himself to her, claimed he got her Instagram and then repeatedly talked about how he was meeting her for dinner the next day. His argument was that if I was going for lunch with strange men the next day, then why couldn't he meet up with a new person too? Even though it was not the same at all, obviously. The young woman must have been about 20 and we are both in our 40's so it just felt really weird and "off".

The argument continued after we got back to his for most of the night and I got very little sleep. The next morning I had to get an extremely expensive Uber to make sure I did not let my daughter down and miss the lunch. He had said not to come back to his after lunch but then called me when I was in the Uber and asked me to come back to his after all.

The lunch itself was lovely. Afterwards, I travelled back to his. However, when I arrived we had another argument. During it, he picked up my bags and threw them across the room in anger, they went everywhere as he threw them so hard.

He later continued to use the lunch as an example of me not caring about him enough and prioritising other people over our relationship, and how I like "strange men".

From my point of view, I attended an important family event for a few hours and still made the effort to return afterwards. From his point of view, I had disrespected him and chosen other people over him.

When I told him how much the Uber cost he took offence because I have never gotten an Uber to his even if I am running late; he said he didn't realise I have money in this way.

When I went back to his after the lunch I had to get a standing room only train in the middle of the heatwave; I don't like public transport at the best of times and he kept asking when I arrived what did I want to do; meet his friends in the pub or go straight to his. I said I don't care and was almost in tears as I was finding the journey so stressful. I didn't realise but he had me on loud speaker so all his friends heard me when I said "I don't care" and now he's saying his friends all think I am horrible and rude to him. When it was taken out of context and they didn't know we had been arguing all night and that he'd got a much younger woman's contact details the night before.

Am I missing something or was he overreacting?

OP posts:
DelphiniumBlue · 01/06/2026 14:00

Jesus, think yourself lucky that you found out that he's a crazy, possibly dangerous, knob before you moved in with him.
Don't marry him, cut off all ties pronto.
He has shown who he is by this awful behaviour, he won't change, he's someone who thinks it is OK to behave like that, who thinks it's normal to try to prevent you meeting your family.
Please come back and tell us you have broken off the engagement and that you are safe.

Nonnim · 01/06/2026 14:01

He is an abusive man and he resents anyone else in your life, including your daughter, who is vulnerable. Get away from him and stay away.

Bonkers2026 · 01/06/2026 14:01

Ask yourself how would you react if this was your daughter that wrote or told you thats how her fiance behaves

Moonlightdust · 01/06/2026 14:01

Run 🏃‍♀️ and don’t look back 🚩

IdentifyingAsAWoollyMammoth · 01/06/2026 14:01

Let's put it very bluntly @Sunglasses1979.

Let's say your daughter was telling you all this about her partner. Would you be telling her to try to understand why he does these things or would you be horrified and tell her to end the relationship immediately because he's clearly abusive and controlling?

Misnofitness · 01/06/2026 14:02

LTB - that is all the advice you need.

OriginalSkang · 01/06/2026 14:03

You, however, are massively underreacting

twinmum2007 · 01/06/2026 14:03

Run. Run. Run. He is an arse. Leave him now.

Oblahdeeoblahdoe · 01/06/2026 14:03

So if your DD's BF started treating her like this you'd encourage her to stay with him?
Calm down and then cut all ties with him.

Bigcat25 · 01/06/2026 14:04

Why on earth are you still with him?

Rosessmelllovely · 01/06/2026 14:05

OP, you don't have to explain anything else about him, or think of reasons why he might be this way. He is a controlling and horrendous and abusive person. Just leave him, drop him, get away from him. He isn't worth a minute more of your time, not a second. Please please just end this nightmare.

JoshLymanSwagger · 01/06/2026 14:05

@Sunglasses1979
BIN HIM.

He sounds abusive as F.
He threw your stuff around? No. Just No.
Get away from him.
Today.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 01/06/2026 14:06

Why are you tolerating this madness. Who does he think he is? Surely you don’t need this jealous weasel in your life, he’s a bad tempered bully.
I would prefer to sleep under a bridge than stay with him.
You must have been very frightened. I’d clonk him with my bag.

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 14:07

Nonnim · 01/06/2026 14:01

He is an abusive man and he resents anyone else in your life, including your daughter, who is vulnerable. Get away from him and stay away.

I think that he definitely has been more negative about my family lately. Whereas before he was not.

He also, weirdly, saw that I had Airbnb opened on my phone, it wasn't deliberately opened I'd accidentally clicked an ad, but he was saying he thought I was secretly booking an Airbnb and made me log into my account to prove that I hadn't made any bookings recently.

The thing that really seemed to bother him was that I would be having lunch with DD's boyfriend's dad. He was crazy jealous and kept saying I was going to have a meal with a strange man I didn't know.

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IroncladMonkey · 01/06/2026 14:07

You need to do a Clare's Law application on him to see if he has any history of this. It's anonymous and free, he will never find out. And then make plans to leave. Do NOT marry this man, you are setting yourself up for a life of misery.

SunnyWeekendl · 01/06/2026 14:07

Fiancé? Surely he is an ex by now

AllTheTreesOfTheField · 01/06/2026 14:08

GCAcademic · 01/06/2026 12:56

Why are so many women on here putting up with this kind of shit? Are you so desperate to be with a man that you'll literally put up with anything?

It is both puzzling and sad, isn't it.

Bluffinwithmymuffin · 01/06/2026 14:08

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 13:18

His friends are fine as far as I can tell, he just made me look really bad by pretending to them that I was running late by not saying I had just got on the train and then putting me on speakerphone so they could hear me saying "I don't care!" without any context of being out the night before and me having spent about 7 hours arguing and crying with him the night before. All for a silly lunch.

Okay, the friends are all fine - but that’s neither here nor there really, is it? The point is, as you’ve already said, he went to some lengths to present you to them in a bad light, which makes him several kinds of unattractive, ie manipulative, dishonest, disrespectful and careless of your feelings. And actually very immature.

I do wonder if you’re so much in the habit of excusing his behaviour, you’re missing the bigger picture, which is, he’s not a good person and he’ll likely ruin your life if you stay.

Schmojoe · 01/06/2026 14:09

I can’t imagine why you would want to stay in a relationship with a man like that. Surely you must realise this sort of situation, where he's angry you’re not putting him first in everything, and his stupid childish response to it, will arise again?

YourWildAmberSloth · 01/06/2026 14:09

Yes you are missing the fact that you are in an abusive relationship. What would you say to your dd if her lovely new boyfriend behaved in this way?
Please stop trying to figure him out and just end the relationship. Spend some time alone, working out (ideally through counselling) why you accepted his behaviour.

SnappyQuoter · 01/06/2026 14:10

You’re not responding to every single person telling you to leave this man @Sunglasses1979.

Are you going to stay with the awful, controlling abusive man?

somanychristmaslights · 01/06/2026 14:11

Op, do you want to leave him? Are you accepting of this behaviour?

Stoicandhappy · 01/06/2026 14:11

Dump him. He’s a total wanker

NewBrightonEel · 01/06/2026 14:11

He sounds just like my ex - please get away from him - he will bring you nothing but misery

socks1107 · 01/06/2026 14:12

Do not continue a relationship with this man. He is abusive and showed his true colours this weekend

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