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Are my feelings normal??

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WingingItAtLife · 04/01/2021 18:36

So I found out today off a mutual friend that ex (the one who was recording me without my knowledge cz he thought I was cheating) he has already started a relationship with another woman. He found her on a dating app and she's already spent the night. We broke up 6 weeks ago after 14 years together

I'm not hurt that he's found someone else, it just reinforces to me that sex was the most important thing to him in our relationship.
I am, however, angry that he's living up the single life with her in OUR 4 bedroom house, while me and HIS two children are squeezed in with my parents.
I'm also angry that he's choosing to spend his time with her, yet he's 'too upset' to see our children regularly or help with any childcare
AND I also feel sorry for her... He's obviously turned on the charm and she probably has no idea how horrible and verbally abusive he actually is. I feel bad that she may be getting drawn in by his good side, and in a few months/years he'll treat her as badly as he treated me. I also know it's out of my control.
So what I'm asking is are all my feelings normal feelings?

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AnnieHoo · 04/01/2021 18:41

Sorry I can't help much but yes those feelings sound very normal to me.

lyingwanker · 04/01/2021 19:04

Those feelings are totally normal. It takes a while to get over and to a stage where you just don't care but it will come. Just remember all the bad parts, how shit he made you feel and be grateful that you don't have to put up with it anymore

20wedding19 · 05/01/2021 04:56

Very normal however it doesn't matter what anyone says your feelings are your feelings, they are real and are valid. There is no right or wrong way to feel x

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 05/01/2021 05:05

Of course that's normal. He sound like a complete twat.
Why are you not living in the house with the children?

WingingItAtLife · 05/01/2021 09:20

@AnnieHoo thank you.
@lyingwanker thank you. I definitely don't want him back but am having mixed emotions about the fact es replaced me so soon and tbh it still hurts that I was clearly nothing more to him than someone to have sex with.
@20wedding19 thank you. I don't really have anyone I can talk to about this part of the breakup.
@Iminaglasscaseofemotion I moved out because the atmosphere was awful for the kids. We couldn't live alongside each other. He was too angry and shouty. And I've asked him since to move out so the kids have their own beds (were sharing a bed at my parents) but he didn't feel like he could burden anyone he knew with his presence for an unknown amount of time 🙄 and obviously he wanted somewhere to take his new gf. Shows what sort of man I was dealing with doesn't it x

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Spritesobright · 05/01/2021 14:05

What a man! 🙄 Lying in bed at night knowing his children now have to share because he's too selfish to move out!
You sound very restrained and calm I'd say. Of course it hurts that he's moved on so quickly but you really are well rid.
Hopefully the divorce is moving along so that you can get your own place with the kids? The courts certainly won't proritise his 4 bedroom shagging pad.

WingingItAtLife · 05/01/2021 14:58

@Spritesobright I've tried to remain as calm as possible. I am boiling inside.
I have told him I am disgusted that he'd prefer living it up in our family house, in our bed, with another woman instead of see our kids regularly. He insists it's because he's still hurting 🙄
Then when I offered every other weekend, he said why should he see them so I get to do what I want for a weekend 😳
We've just had a talk and he wants to sell the house, has already contacted an estate agents. He has also contacted the mortgage company and reduced his payments to as little as possible.

I am angry, disgusted and heartbroken for my kids! I am so so happy I am rid though! Just can't bloody wait for the house to sell and get myself a place to live!!!

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Spritesobright · 05/01/2021 23:24

I'm sorry @wingingit that he has proved to be so pathetic. But a man who would hurt his kids just to prevent his ex going out probably isn't going to be a good parent in the long term is he?
It feels horrible selling the house at first but like you said, it's a fresh start. She'll see through him soon enough and maybe one day he'll realise how lonely it is being a dickhead.
One can only hope.

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