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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:
BellesAndGraces · 01/06/2026 13:49

What on earth am I reading? The very fact that you’re questioning whether he is “overreacting” tells me you need therapy to work out why your self esteem and self-respect are so low. I would rather be alone with a cat for the rest of my life than subject myself to this shit show of a man. Seriously.

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 01/06/2026 13:49

Good grief - this is really shocking, OP. I would leave a man that did this. He sounds jealous, angry, spiteful, manipulative, petty and unable to discuss things like an adult. How dare he tell you that you can’t meet the father of your daughter’s boyfriend? How dare he respond to a polite social meeting with getting a woman’s phone number for a date? The two aren’t remotely similar. The degree of anger and possessiveness here is seriously worrying. I also find the throwing of objects troubling. Men that start throwing objects test the water. Next it’s punching fists on walls, doors and tables. When he gets away with that, God knows what he’ll do to teach you your next lesson about daring to meet a male without his permission.

Your friends don’t like him, his exes don’t want to speak to him, he makes up lies about your family and daughter, and he misleads his own friends about you. Surely you can see he’s the common denominator in all of this??? He’s always the victim of everyone else being horrible to him, isn’t he? Yet he’s the only one chatting up other women, destroying letters and gifts, throwing things…

I honestly think you must leave this man and not marry him. He’s disgusting. You’re seeing the tip of his true colours a little at a time.

Vaxtable · 01/06/2026 13:50

Well has now shown you his true colours, and I would be dumping him

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 01/06/2026 13:50

Thank goodness you don't live with this violent and abusive man.

It makes it so much easier for you to finish your relationship with him, forever.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 01/06/2026 13:50

What you're missing is that he's abusive, violent, angry and quite possibly dangerous.

Break up, block him, never speak to him again.

I'm aghast that you went back there after the lunch, he'd behaved so appallingly up to then that you shouod have dumped him at that point. And then he ramped it up even more.

He sounds habitually abusive from what you've said about other things he's done, he's only going to get worse, and if he's keeping you up all night shouting at you and throwing things around he will progress to hitting you, it's not a question of if.

It's not that he doesn't understand, needs to be explained to - he knows what he's doing, he's doing it on purpose, he's thankfully gone to the point of you saying 'hang the fuck on a minute' before you actually married him and you can leave with no complications. Please do leave.

somanychristmaslights · 01/06/2026 13:51

I’ve voted YABU purely because why on earth are you with this man??? Dump and block him immediately!!!

Happyjoe · 01/06/2026 13:51

What the hell are you doing with him?

arethereanyleftatall · 01/06/2026 13:52

Oh for fuck sake.WHY do so many women do this? Post after post, anecdote after anecdote, detailing thoroughly shitty things a ‘partner’ does. Yes, op, yes, he’s fucking awful. All of those things. None of this minutia matters, all that matters is for some completely inexplicable reason, you continue to stay in a relationship that cannot possibly make you happy.

NoisyHiker · 01/06/2026 13:52

I don't understand.

You are old enough to have an adult dd. What on earth are you doing?

Baconking · 01/06/2026 13:52

I got as far as you crying and apologising and gave up reading! Get rid of him OP.
This is not the life you want

TheGreatDownandOut · 01/06/2026 13:53

The length of your original post and all the added context makes me think you are a woman who is very used to explaining herself and her actions in great detail in the hope the other person can see reason. How long have you been with him? Seems like he has already done a number on you if you think you have to ask if his behaviour was unreasonable.

An appropriate response from him would have been “yes of course, you go and have a nice time and we can do something later on this evening if you’re up to it”

Please leave this man. He will get worse. And don’t fall for the inevitable emotional manipulation tactics he will throw your way when you tell him you’re ending things. He WILL try.

Notsosweetcaroline · 01/06/2026 13:53

So why are you with him?

Idontjetwashthefucker · 01/06/2026 13:53

Just wow, can't believe you even had to ask...he's a nasty, controlling, violent piece of shit and the more you post about him the more I think you've lost your mind sticking it out for this long

WallaceinAnderland · 01/06/2026 13:53

Interesting thread title

Edenmum2 · 01/06/2026 13:54

Do not marry this man

vodkaredbullgirl · 01/06/2026 13:54

Give your head a wobble and dump.

Sally2791 · 01/06/2026 13:54

Bin him off immediately, he sounds dangerous

NotmeMother · 01/06/2026 13:55

What advice would you give your daughter if she reported this as her BF's behaviour? Get the hell out of this before you get yourself hurt. Good luck

MrsOvertonsWindow · 01/06/2026 13:55

Hope you're reading and thinking OP. You call this man your fiance so you're planning a future with a man who behaves in such an appalling way towards you? And your family don't like him?

Given everything you've said about his behaviour, you need to summon up your self respect and courage and get out of the relationship before he does any more damage - to you and to your relationship with your family.

Maybe no big confrontation? Just get yourself safely home and dump him long distance.

CitizenofMoronia · 01/06/2026 13:56

Clares law him.

nomas · 01/06/2026 13:56

If you won't leave him for yourself, leave him for the sake of your dd. She shouldn't have to see you with such an abusive man.

Remember abusive men can be sometimes nice, that doesn't make them any less abusive. They are nice to you for a reason, to keep you doubting yourself.

Jellox · 01/06/2026 13:57

Do you seriously need to ask whether this is acceptable or not?

Would it be acceptable if it was a colleague or a stranger on the street?
If not, then why is it acceptable from the person who is meant to be in love with you?

PleaseStopEatingMyStuff · 01/06/2026 13:57

One day when you're away from this person you will look back at how he treated you & be amazed at what you endured. Your life will be so much happier without all this drama & unkindness.
This is abuse. You did nothing wrong. He has worn you down. Walk away and never look back. You can do it.

Bigcat25 · 01/06/2026 13:57

Dump him. What a freak.

Bonkers2026 · 01/06/2026 14:00

You are unreasonable for not dumping him there and then. Why are you still referring to him as your fiance??? Run and dont look back!!!

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