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MJ1256 · 30/10/2018 16:52

Hello, am new and need to vent :( long story but I will go with the relevant part. I met a man at work who was 16 yrs. older than me but that didn’t matter. Id previous got married to an older abusive guy and wanted out and this guy had just gotten out of a relationship and it just seems right at the time. Looking back it have damaged me emotionally.

We date from 2012 , broke up for a month 2013 and got back together. Reason for the break up was he was chatting to other women online including transsexuals. I found out and he said it’s because we never done anything together. Bearing in mind I had a 3 yrs. old at the time, worked fulltime and was going through a nasty divorce. Saying that it’s no excuse but I was in experienced and he never offered to do much other than movies or a meal. Fast forward, we got back together and started doing things that included my son , we met with other couples and his friends for drinks etc. I have never had many friends and he never seemed interested in the couple I had… anyway, fast forward to 2015, I found out I was pregnant , he was away so waited until he was back to say I think I maybe.. he said we would do a test after work that evening. I went and got the test and after our meal I said to him that I got it so he said I should go and use it. I used it and left it in the bathroom knowing what the result would be.. we sat watching tv, he didn’t seemed interested so I asked if he wanted to know or not and he said yes so we went and look and the result was just that.. pregnant. He made a joke about his sperms (I suppose given the age difference and he has never had kids, married or had many long term relationships.. I later found out.
He didn’t seems happy but I put it down to being in shock ,because tbh I add no idea what I wanted but not an abortion.

He wasn’t his lively self and that night he didn’t say much but slept with his hand on my tummy. He also mentioned that I needed to confirm it with the doctors.
About a week or else I began to get craving etc. one evening after work I had mad cravings for ice cream and got some… he was making meal for us. Normally he would’ve had a go but this time he kept ignoring me and he seemed in a mood not wanting to sit in the front room with me so I asked him what was his problem and he responded , you, you are pregnant and I do not want it… this was while walking away from me to the other room
I swore my heart broke into a million pieces that evening and my body started to freeze. I started crying and asked him to drop me home. He asked if I didn’t want to talk about it I said no just take me home.. while I was waiting on him I booked an abortion and told him the date. He was fine with it. He took me home and I cried myself to sleep for few nights until he texted that I should come over and talk about it.

That night he tried to blame me that I didn’t seemed happy and he also said we could get a house together close to his friends and that I should make an appointment for the doctors.
I cancelled my appointment but was still uncertain with his behaviour.
One evening I got home from work tired, sat down with an old phone he gave me. His Facebook was opened so I started to browse his page then his messenger and that’s we I saw he was discussing the pregnancy with this woman from his work and making plans to meet for lunch to discuss it. My heart broke into a million more piece again and the cold sweat started… I rang him shaking.. I asked me who was he was discussing me with and he said no one. I asked him again and he denied it. I mentioned the lady’s name and started screaming at him asking him why he was discussing our business with a stranger and not with me. By then we had an appointment booked for the following day for the abortion so I told him after we are done.

The morning he was late getting me and we had fight and when we got to the clinic we sat in silent for the whole time. After the procedure he asked me where I want him to drop me off I said home as I had nothing suitable at his place to wear. I even told him that someone was supposed to stay with me for something but he said he had to go for half day work. I knew it was to meet the woman to discuss what had happened. Before he left he asked what I wanted to eat and that he would bring me back tea… he came back few hours after with nothing but just to tell me we should go our separate ways but can remain friends.
Boy , was I stupid- we did for another year and slept together throughout that time. Fast forward to 2016 he met a fwb from his cycling group they then started a relationship early last year but he hide it from me for five months. I only found out because she kept tagging him and his best friend into things and I saw them on his best friend’s timeline. We even slept together while they were together and I didn’t know.. in the end I asked him and he said yes but only recently.
Anyways , regarding something else he spoke to me in a tone by text that I didn’t like so I told him where to go etc. and that never to speak to me, contact me or response to me if I contacted him.

For 1.5 yrs. we hadn’t spoken until last week he pulled over asked how I was etc. and about work – said he was worried because he saw changes there etc.
He asked to meet for lunch to which I stupidly done and only to hear him moan about one of his step kid being a nightmare. Bear in mind he said he never wanted kids. The three bedroom house he bought and how they are all living together , what they want to watch on Netflix , how crazy women are and how he didn’t signed out for fathering the kid. How it like hell. People told him to grow up but for what.. the only thing he had done right sine then his buying his mom a flat.

He seems happy while my health have been shitty, haven’t had a relationship since then because am scared and can’t seem to meet anyone meaningful.

I am a beautiful person inside and out but am broken. It’s been 3 yrs. now but I don’t know… and him now living with a family after what he done to me emotionally and mentally all seems to wrong.
The fact that I didn’t got myself pregnant, the fact that he didn’t want his child but he wants someone else’s, the fact that he didn’t loved me enough or even do to let me have that baby.

All feedback welcome as am hurting badly and I don’t know why…

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WoodAnemone · 31/10/2018 11:46

This is a really complicated situation, beyond most new members to answer. I think you'd get lots of feedback, help and advice if you posted it on the relationships page here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships

MJ1256 · 01/11/2018 15:18

Thanks WoodAnemone.

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MadameButterface · 01/11/2018 15:30

welp, what @WoodAnemone said but also: you've had a lucky escape don't you think? please tell us you're not thinking of starting something again with this guy? he was a twat when you were with him and he's still a twat now, case closed

you've had some bad luck with relationships and you might think it's not fair how he's gone and moved on and you're still alone but look at it this way: you have broken the pattern a lot of women fall into of bouncing from abusive relationship to abusive relationship and have made a life on your own for you and your ds. that's huge. meanwhile he is still sharking about being a disrespectful cunt to whatever woman he happens to be shacked up with. he should not be slagging his step kids off to his ex, can you imagine how you would have felt if he'd been talking about your ds like that to an ex back when you were an item? you've dodged a bullet, and however dissatisfied you feel with your life as it is now (and we all get like that, no biggie) I would say one thing you can bet on is it would be a thousand times worse if you'd not kicked this guy into touch back when you did.

Over50andfab · 01/11/2018 15:42

Hi OP. The last several years don’t sound that good really. He doesn’t sound like he really cares about you that much from what you write. What do you think you should do? Do you really think he has been good for you and you have had a mutually loving relationship? I think you already know the answer.

Could I just also suggest that, if you haven’t already, you get tested for STIs.

Take care.

Over50andfab · 01/11/2018 15:44

Sorry, I meant to say, you are worth way more than this and I hope you find someone who genuinely cares for you.

MJ1256 · 01/11/2018 15:55

Thank you. I do know the answer and I have no intention of ever getting back with him.
The moment I found out he was with the lady and hide it from me I booked STIs test and had them done.
Just needed to vent as I have no idea why I feel this way and after this time he would even speak to me.

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MJ1256 · 01/11/2018 16:10

Thanks , yes I have had a lucky escape and I have always said it and tried to remind myself.
Am honestly not jealous of the lady or anything of a sort but yes I do feel alone and sad that he has moved on just like that with no care in the world. This is actually the first time I have looked at it as being a abusive relationship... thanks.
I would have been really pissed if he was speaking about my son badly to anyone. He didn't say what was so bad but he held his face in his palms and said he didn't signed up for that and I instantly fell bad for the family but laughed at the fact that he haven't changed one bit and only playing grown up.
I think this is all down to me really wanting a family and he thrown that in my face and shacked up with someone else and her kids when he let me aborted mine.

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Over50andfab · 01/11/2018 16:28

Sounds like the grass is always greener for him, he wants his cake and eat it, and all those other sayings - and he doesn’t care who gets hurt in the fall out. I feel for that woman as he will continue to make use of whichever woman suits his needs at the time.

I’m glad you realise all this - I think your heart just needs to catch up with your head. There are many of us who have been shat on from a great height, leaving us a total mess, yet they seem to be able to move on with ease and find someone else. I’d like to think that we are the better people - actually I know we are - and karma will win out in the end. In the meantime we do become stronger and more in control. - and won’t tolerate so much shit from the next one.

MJ1256 · 01/11/2018 16:44

You’re right, my heart certainly does need to catch up with my head. I do believe in karma and I certainly do hope it catches up with him and when it does.. hopefully am around somewhere, happy and content and he will be none existent to me. It’s such a ashamed though to know you loved someone with your everything and they treat you like nothing.

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