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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:
Lurkingandlearning · 01/06/2026 13:27

Think about it this way. Do you hope your daughter's BF will treat her that way?

I'm going to take a wild guess and say no you absolutely do not.

So why on earth are you tolerating it for yourself and worse questioning whether it is your fault? He is a nasty shabby man and you deserve better.

LBFseBrom · 01/06/2026 13:28

You do not need this chap, he is behaving worse than a stroppy teenager.
Get rid of him quickly!

Bimblesalong · 01/06/2026 13:28

oh throw this one back, honey!

Blades2 · 01/06/2026 13:28

Put your trainers on and run for the fucking hills.

Iamnotalemming · 01/06/2026 13:28

He sounds awful.
FGS get some time and space away from him so that you can contemplate properly on your situation. Surely being single is far better than wasting another moment on this bellend.

Justchillinhere · 01/06/2026 13:28

You need to stop justifying what you do and say, he's shown you his true colours, he's a controlling abusive narcissistic. You are never going to do anything right in his eyes, you'll get the blame for every little blip in his life. If you don't get away like NOW your life is going to be living in misery street, trying to please, getting worn down and eventually flee to a safe house. He is not your protector, he's your worst enemy. Get away

fantam · 01/06/2026 13:28

Oh FFS, stay with him and see how quickly you can make him change and respect you. Shouldn't take too long really.

CactusPeach · 01/06/2026 13:29

He is abusive, going out and getting that girls number was to punish you and humiliate you for daring to go to your daughter's lunch, which also shows how little he cares about or respects the relationship between you and your daughter, he wanted you to cancel on your daughter for him, he has no problem putting himself between you and your daughter and expecting you to choose him. Think about that for the future and please leave this man.
And that's before we get on to the temper.

Bumblingbee101 · 01/06/2026 13:29

Bin him, run and never return. This will only get worse @Sunglasses1979. Do NOT marry this man! Take care of yourself 🌻

Hallywally · 01/06/2026 13:29

OP, he’s abusive. Please leave him ASAP.

SpinandSing · 01/06/2026 13:29

Wow - this is really nasty abuse. Please leave him and DO NOT MARRY HIM! If he's like this now, then what will he be like when you're married? He clearly is very unstable and lacking in self-esteem...not your problem and definitely not fixable. He sounds like my first husband - my confidence and self-worth was through the floor and I just kept taking all the humiliations as he used to talk me round afterwards and deny his behaviour - or make it my fault that he behaved like that. Or my fault because he loved me so much. But then one day, a friend witnessed it and then I couldn't hide from the truth of it anymore. Please tell everyone and end the relationship - telling other people will make you more likely to keep away from him. Come on, you know you're worth more than this.

AgingWellThankYou · 01/06/2026 13:29

Abusive and controlling. He is being completely unreasonable and I am genuinely concerned for you.

Please pause and take space to realize that he is completely out of line. Yoh are an adult, attending a family function. Trying to control who you see is out of line.

Sunglasses1979 · 01/06/2026 13:30

Krevlornswath · 01/06/2026 13:17

Yes it all sounds horrible OP, because it is, because he is extremely abusive.

You must take a pause here, stop focusing on how he's made you feel and evaluate the relationship instead, he is completely in the wrong, the behaviour is wildly abnormal. This is not someone you want to stay with let alone marry. How long has this been going on?

In real life, what do your own family and friends think of this?

Family not keen on him and he thinks I have no friends because they don't want to see him.

I think whoever said that he is putting a wedge between me and my family might be right. He has tried to separate me from family saying "they were rude to me" when we have all gone out together when I know that they wouldn't be rude to him even if they do not like him as that isn't in their nature. He has said my DSis was really horrible to him but I know her well enough to know that the things he described are not how she would behave. We bumped into my other DSis friend a few months ago when we were out and she was going to talk to my sister because she didn't like how he was treating me.

OP posts:
IndigoBrave · 01/06/2026 13:30

You need to leave asap. everyone deserves better than this and the anger will only get worst. This man shouldn’t be in a relationship

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 01/06/2026 13:30

You are massively underpaid reacting here. He is illogical, irrational, jealous, petty, aggressive, manipulative and abusive. I wouldn't expect that behaviour from a child. How dare he. This behaviour does NOT appear in a vacuum, this isn't a one off, and it will only get worse in the future (it sounds like a pattern thats already escalating). Double booking something is unfortunate and annoying but absolutely nothing could justify this level of anger. Even if it wasn't for the aggressive / abusive behaviour, someone who does something purely to upset you / pay you back for something is not ever going to be able to have a healthy relationship

Please consider all the responses on here and think about leaving.

Out of interest what were your plans on Monday? Eg something you'd bought tickets for / difficult to rearrange?

Theonoodle · 01/06/2026 13:30

This is so abusive please do not stay with this person

pikkumyy77 · 01/06/2026 13:30
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MyKindHiker · 01/06/2026 13:30

FLAG! FLAG! FLAG!

RUN! Do NOT marry this guy!

jellyfish798 · 01/06/2026 13:31

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?

Don't marry this guy. What an absolutely colossal man child. This guy must be one of the most immature and spiteful little twats I've ever heard of, and I have seen some shit!
Ditch him and his fragile ego. He clearly will never allow any space for other males in your life - you should absolutely be able to associate with male friends, colleagues, and partners of friends without being accused of 'hanging out with strange men'! There is a big difference between sneaking off with some random bloke behind his back, and an open and sociable meet with your friend's loved ones. He is making it out to be something it's not, and is being controlling x

PS5Gamer · 01/06/2026 13:31

Yes you or missing something, the part were you leave the abusive arsehole. Run, and don’t look back.

TheDogsMother · 01/06/2026 13:32

I had one like this many years ago. It started with throwing my stuff, it ended with him beating me up. So many red flags OP. Please leave.

ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 01/06/2026 13:32

PP is right you just don't seem to understand how wrong this is. Do the Freedom Programme and dump him

NotTerfNorCis · 01/06/2026 13:32

If this is real, it's obvious - you've got to break up with him. He's abusive. Don't get stuck by marrying him!

BountifulPantry · 01/06/2026 13:32

Errr end it obviously?

Screamingabdabz · 01/06/2026 13:32

GingerdeadMan · 01/06/2026 13:24

That's really not a helpful thing to say - please don't shame the OP.

She's already been abused and is feeling terrible.

If she's got a history of even mild abuse in previous relationships it can make shitty behaviour feel weirdly normal/ familiar/ difficult to spot and very difficult to extricate yourself from.

Women in abusive relationships don't need the judgement of 'why don't you leave', they need support and understanding.

But she’s on the cusp of marrying him which anyone who has read her op knows will be tragic for her and her dd. She needs to know, in no uncertain terms, that this is not normal and the optimum time to leave is now. She’s clearly in denial and as a grown adult woman she can make the choice to tell him to jog on.

Op please, please listen to what everyone is saying - this is abuse. And it will get worse if you shackle yourself to him. You deserve better and can choose to walk away from this. 🙏🏻

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