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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:
Glidinglikeaswan · 01/06/2026 12:58

Thank goodness you haven't married him yet. LTB.

Notsosweetcaroline · 01/06/2026 12:58

Why are you with him, letting youself be abused like this, why are you taking it and going back for more. How do you not know?

10DegreesNorth · 01/06/2026 12:59

Read back what you wrote and now imagine it was written by your daughter. What would you be advising her?

pinkyredrose · 01/06/2026 12:59

He's a cunt. Please do yourself a favour and get him out of your life.

Conchiglie · 01/06/2026 12:59

He sounds like a lunatic. Seriously he seems completely unstable.

Anonyhouse · 01/06/2026 12:59

If you stay, he will only get worse. Get out now while you are not tied up financially and in property. This is him showing his true colours, believe him.

StarkandDorky · 01/06/2026 12:59

More red flags than yesterday's parade. He is an abuser, do not marry him.

Notsosweetcaroline · 01/06/2026 12:59

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 12:58

Didn't realise how long my post was 🫠

I didn't feel very respected at all, it was horrible going out so late to what is essentially a student bar just to watch him show me how easily he can pick up other, much younger, women. I wanted the ground to swallow me up.

So why did you? Then stay and watch, then go back to his?

Couldyounot · 01/06/2026 13:00

He needs to become your ex-fiancé in very short order

Beaniebabe1 · 01/06/2026 13:00

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 12:58

Didn't realise how long my post was 🫠

I didn't feel very respected at all, it was horrible going out so late to what is essentially a student bar just to watch him show me how easily he can pick up other, much younger, women. I wanted the ground to swallow me up.

This is just one of the many red flags and examples of his awful behaviour and treatment of you. Please leave this man - your future self will thank you.

LadyLooo · 01/06/2026 13:01

Got to the 'Instagram' bit and didn't bother reading any more because you know what you need to do.

Galaxylights · 01/06/2026 13:01

Yes you are missing something

Being in this ridiculous and abusive relationship!

He is training you how to behave by kicking off and being nasty to you. You would be silly to stay with someone so ridiculously horrible.

You did nothing wrong attending a meal for your daughter. He is going to escalate and get even worse to the point you will be walking on egg shells. Get angry, how dare he treat you like this.

Look up the nice and nasty parts of abuse. They do it to reel you in and then attack again.

Please make plans to end this relationship.

chirrupybird · 01/06/2026 13:01

Not a nice person or very rational, get out and keep looking for strange men, but not as strange as him.

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 13:01

RoseField1 · 01/06/2026 12:54

His entire behaviour is highly abusive. Has he behaved like this before?

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.

OP posts:
WhatMe123 · 01/06/2026 13:01

He’s shown you who he is. This will continue so if you don’t want a repeat you’ll need to leave. I suspect theirs will be the top of th iceberg sorry op

BonfireNight1993 · 01/06/2026 13:01

Oh my Goodness you need to get rid of this one. What would you say to your daughter if she told you this story about a man she was involved with?

grumpygrape · 01/06/2026 13:02

10DegreesNorth · 01/06/2026 12:59

Read back what you wrote and now imagine it was written by your daughter. What would you be advising her?

Please OP, do this. Before you make him an ex.

Hopefulsalmon · 01/06/2026 13:02

You would be absolutely made to continue this relationship. Get out before you ruin your whole life.

eveningprimrose74 · 01/06/2026 13:02

And you are marrying this guy?
Keep the ring as I think you've earned it but omg run run run.
I know you think you love and could not be without him. It's called coercive control.
Leave, he is a prick.

Sparkletastic · 01/06/2026 13:03

Please don’t waste another day of your life in this relationship.

Oreosareawful · 01/06/2026 13:03

Why are you minimising this behaviour? This is not normal! Please OP don't allow this man to abuse you for a minute longer.

Thepeopleversuswork · 01/06/2026 13:03

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.

OP this is abusive, controlling behaviour.

It’s concerning that you can’t see this.

He could easily progress from this to physical violence. Even if he doesn’t he will make your life miserable.

Please please please leave him.

Glittertwins · 01/06/2026 13:04

You aren’t being unreasonable, he’s a dickhead.

LemonSorbetCone · 01/06/2026 13:04

his behaviour is very disturbing. he’s being abusive and nasty.
you need to think about why you accept this behaviour. Don’t say ‘because you love him’. That’s no answer.
you cannot love someone into caring for you and/or having respect for you. He’s dangerous. He’s already throwing your stuff around. Next he’ll throw you. Dump him!

Edited to add: call Woman’s Aid for how to dump him safely. This guy is bad news!

Motnight · 01/06/2026 13:04

Oh love he's horrible. You deserve so much better.

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