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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:
WishfulThinkingToday · 01/06/2026 14:13

This most be a joke.

arethereanyleftatall · 01/06/2026 14:13

Stay with him then op. Do what you like. Enjoy!

andnowwhatdowedo · 01/06/2026 14:14

He's ridiculous, get away from him.

RubiesandRose · 01/06/2026 14:17

You can dissect his behaviour for as long as you want but the truth is that, as so many posters have already told you, he’s shown you who he is. He’s a nasty, abusive controlling man and he won’t change.

He may try and apologise or sweet talk you back if he feels you’re slipping away but ultimately it will happen again and again because this is him.

Please don’t tie yourself in knots worrying that he’s upset or his friends don’t like you. Just cut yourself free and get this toxic being out of your life.

WaryBlueFish · 01/06/2026 14:18

I voted YABU for not breaking it off as soon as this shit started. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING good will come from this. He intentionally humiliated you with a younger woman because you were going to have lunch with DD's boyfriend and father???? That is exactly when you should have left for good.

YourWildAmberSloth · 01/06/2026 14:18

I think you are too caught up on the narrative OP. By that I mean that you are happy to share storiesabout what he's done or how he acts, which is fine - that's the point of posting on here - but you are ignoring the questions/advice/responses. It doesn't matter about his friends, his exes, what he has said, how the girls in the bar looked at you. It doesn't even matter whether he got phone numbers of younger women or not. The bottom line is that he is abusive, toxic and dangerous and the best thing that you can do is leave.

ItsNotMeEither · 01/06/2026 14:18

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 13:01

He has always had a bit of a temper but he has never thrown my things before. He has done stuff like throwing presents he has bought me away. Or tearing up cards / letters I have written.
He has never gone out with me to get a younger woman's number before.

I’m left wondering why your bar is so low!

He’s never thrown your things before but he has torn things up and thrown away presents. This is bonkers!

Why are you staying with him? He’s separating you from your family and you’re tolerating his tantrums. This isn’t a loving and supportive relationship at all. Red flags everywhere.

You are worth more than this!

Endofyear · 01/06/2026 14:19

Jesus what have I just read?? I'm constantly baffled by all the shit that women are prepared to put up with just to be in a 'relationship'.

You should have left when he started to have a go about you meeting your daughter's boyfriend's dad.

You should have left when he started chatting up another woman in front of you.

You shouldn't have gone back to his after the lunch.

Surely you know this OP? Do you really need a bunch of strangers to tell you your fiancé is an abusive prick?

If you don't get away from him, he will make your life a misery. It's your choice. Maybe start by asking yourself if you would be comfortable with your daughter or your best friend being treated this way by a man? You need to have much higher standards for yourself.

LeaderBee · 01/06/2026 14:19

I'm sorry, and you're marrying this man?

VickyEadie · 01/06/2026 14:19

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?

A question I was discussing with my (female, thank God) partner only this morning - MN is riddled with poor women who have saddled themselves with absolutely appalling men.

ThriveAT · 01/06/2026 14:19

He's a nut job. Run.

RubiesAndRaindrops · 01/06/2026 14:19

You need to leave him. Overeact doesn't begin to describe his behaviour. Get as far away as you can as fast as you can. Good luck OP & stay safe.

OverheardBreakup · 01/06/2026 14:20
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OP you say you met your DDs new boyfriend… if she came to you describing this behaviour of her new man, what advice would you give her?

Crunchymum · 01/06/2026 14:21

255 posts and not once are you acknowledging what you plan to do going forwards @Sunglasses1979

You don't live with him, presumably you don't have any financial ties to him?

Please for the love of God dump him, block him and do some work on yourself. The fact you even had to ask if his behaviour is acceptable is incredibly concerning.

GCAcademic · 01/06/2026 14:21

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.

She doesn't need to do a Clare's Law application on him. His behaviour isn't suddenly going to be acceptable if he's not known to the authorities.

tripleginandtonic · 01/06/2026 14:21

Yabu not to have kicked his arse in gear sooner.

Starlight7080 · 01/06/2026 14:21

Would you want your dd to be with a man like this ?
You know everything he does is controlling and abusive . You must realise that.
You need to stay away from him. You are to old to be in a relationship thats so bad. Whats the point in wasting your time with him ?

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 14:21

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.

Yes I was frightened because I didn't want to go out in the first place and I didn't want to be having an argument on the way home with him, out in public going over the same things over and over.
I understand that he was disappointed that we weren't going to be able to be spending the day together and he really does hate last minute changes to plans but it was an honest mistake.
He kept saying why can't DD accept me not going to the meal and I think this is what prompted me to make this post because he was acting like DD was at fault..

OP posts:
BellesAndGraces · 01/06/2026 14:22

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 14:07

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.

You still haven’t explained why you’re putting up with this. Is it financial reasons, are you scared of him or do you just not want to be alone?

tachetastic · 01/06/2026 14:22

@Sunglasses1979 I think you missed the point where you told him the wedding is off, gave him his ring back and left him for good.

Please tell me you did that, or at least will do it this evening. That is a terrible way to treat you, and also very disrespectful to use the younger woman as a pawn in his jealous little mind games.

NovaF · 01/06/2026 14:23

Please don’t marry this man. Is being single really worse than being with this awful man that is aggressive, controlling and belittling? He has separated you from your friends and now attempting the same with your family. I can guarantee that the number the girl gave him was not real, just fake to get him away from her. So he made multiple women feel uncomfortable to prove a point. He sounds vile. He had shown his aggression, shown who he is you need to listen.

Excited101 · 01/06/2026 14:23

Stop it op! Stop giving any more headspace to this loser. You need to end it, that’s all.

UnctuousUnicorns · 01/06/2026 14:23

Loon needs gone. End of.

Shufflebumnessie · 01/06/2026 14:23

I only needed to read you title to already be thinking major red flags. By the time I'd got a third of the way through what you'd written, I didn't need to read any further to confirm that you need to run in the opposite direction as fast as you can!!
Do not even contemplate marrying this jealous, abusive manbaby.

WallaceinAnderland · 01/06/2026 14:23

VickyEadie · 01/06/2026 14:19

A question I was discussing with my (female, thank God) partner only this morning - MN is riddled with poor women who have saddled themselves with absolutely appalling men.

I know. Sometimes I just think, well stay with him then if you want to so much. At least you're stopping him from inflicting himself on some other poor bastard.

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