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Going to get a flaming, i know its my fault..........

79 replies

abitbuggered · 11/04/2012 14:53

Ok, may be long.

Currently live in my Dps house with my SN 5 year old, 11 year old ss and i am 8 months pregnant.

I have had the most hideous pregnancy, i've been ill from day one, have SPD pretty badly and am stressed and scared beyond belief that this baby will be born with problems the way my dd was.

Anyway, DP doing the bedroom up so new baby and dd can share. As usual, he wants to do it as cheap as possible, so a wall that needs plastering hasnt been, he hasnt treated the damp patch and he has refused to line the walls. Basically its going to look crap and probably need doing again.

We had words on Saturday about this. Im very hormonal, dd was early and absolutely nothing is done for this baby yet. Apart from "doing the room" dp has not done a thing, and seems to think i will be single handedly paying for the buggy and all the bedroom furniture (dd needs a bed, we havent a wardrobe etc so with buggy going to be in the region of £1000)

I had a bit of a sulk, and refused to make him a cup of tea, but i thought it had all passed over. Certainly he ate his dinner etc and was perfectly happy.

About 9pm i asked him to get me a drink, the reason being i was on the settee, knackered and my pelvis had locked up due to SPD (it does this a lot and its a painful long job to get up) . He refused, stating "maybe i'll do it later, maybe i'll look out the window and sulk instead". He then sat there smirking as it took me almost five minutes to get up to do it. Then he went to bed.

I was pretty angry, as clearly he had sat for 7 hours and waited for a chance to even things up, had watched me cook the dinner etc, all the time waiting to "give me a taste of my own medicine"

I went upstairs and started to have a go at him as to why he had felt the need to be clever over the drink, and he did his usual habit of pretending to sleep through what i said, or saying "really? How interesting, you're so right" in an utterly patronising tone, which is what he does all the time.

He knows how angry that makes me, and i have to admit after 20mins of this i snapped, and whacked him one (slapped him on the back i think) He just started laughing at me, and hanging onto me while i tried to get him off me. He actually hurt me more i think than i did him. I accept i was totally wrong and out of order, but i just snapped at him, i feel like im shouldering it all, and i cant even have a discussion over something without him smirking. Its like he sits there and winds me up and watches me go.

Anyway, fair enough he wasnt speaking to me yesterday. I apologised and admitted i had over reacted. During the conversation he continually referred to me as a "mongol" and "retarded". I accepted i shouldnt have hit him, but that maybe he needed to look at how he behaves during rows, and that he knows that sitting saying "oh yes you are so right" or just completely ignoring me just frustrates me, and perhaps it would be better if he tried to listen and answer when a row was starting.

This ended up with him yelling at me that he want taking any blame for anything.

He has now for the last two days taken to coming into the bedroom to go to bed after me, and turning the main light on whether i am asleep or not, if im watching the tv he just turns it over, turns the volume up and turns the main light on. Of a morning he is getting up before me, turning the tv on in the room loudly, opening windows and opening curtains, even though he knows i am asleep due to not sleeping well at night due to SPD pain.

Ive tried to talk to him today, and asked what he actually wants (ie does he want me to leave) but he kept standing there saying "do want you want arse"

I dont really know what to do. I have tenants in my house, which i dont own fully on my own (different story) so they would need notice, i have a baby imminently due, and am about to start maternity leave, but im self employed anyway so not exactly a hard hitter. I lent DP my 7k savings a year ago for something, so i have no reserves of cash, and i dont think he will pay it back (i think he has money hidden in the house and could repay it)

I dont really know where to go from here. I totally accept i should not have lashed out, and it was not acceptable, and it was my fault with no excuse. I should have controlled my temper, but i cant do more than i have, and i cant see how i can stay here with him basically walking round doing spiteful things to me, because as he says "i need a taste of my own medicine". Im not spiteful to him, i just snapped. I feel like i do it all here, and every attempt to address anything is met with his constant patronising attitude.

At the moment im sat here just thinking what do i do??

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AnyFucker · 11/04/2012 15:03

You have posted about this before, I think. The bedroom light thing sounds familiar.

I think your partner is an absolute bastard and an emotional abuser.

Of course you shouldn't have hit him, and I expect you will get a load of sanctimonious types now who will turn this back on you but ignore them.

If you have family, I suggest you leave him and go live with someone who cares for you. After you have turned the house upside down to find his stash, of course.

The first time somebody tried to "give me a taste of my own medicine" would be the last.

Sweepitundertherug · 11/04/2012 15:04

www.heart-2-heart.ca/women/index.htm.

He sounds abusive to me. Have a read through the above link if you can.

He seems like he likes to get you to a point where you react. As for him using words like Mongol and retarded. Angry what an absolute cunt.

How does he deal with the children? What does he feel about the new baby? Does he work?

lolaflores · 11/04/2012 15:04

Oh dear. he is being very provocative though I think. You are clear enough on your own part in it all, but the language from him seems wrong. Does he have form for this sort of behaviour? Is this your second pregnancy with him?
The house sounds like it is not yours as a home. You describe it as his house. What thoughts have you had about possibly going home? Would it be impossible to serve notice on your tenants and make a start on moving home? Say nothing to him, do it on the QT, have a place ready for yourself and kids that you know you have a plan B. He is an arse by the way

Sweepitundertherug · 11/04/2012 15:04

www.heart-2-heart.ca/women/index.htm.

Working link

CailinDana · 11/04/2012 15:06

You need to make plans to leave as soon as possible. That might mean you need to hang on until the baby is born but as soon as its born you need to go. Your relationship has broken down past the point of repair IMO. If you're at the point of hitting each other and your partner is calling you disgusting names and basically torturing you as "punishment" then there is nothing left to be saved.

I'm sorry you're in this situation. Is there someone you can talk to in real life?

DinahMoHum · 11/04/2012 15:07

youre both in the wrong. It might be better if you gave your tenents notice asap

abitbuggered · 11/04/2012 15:09

Thanks,

But i've never posted about this, he's never done this thing with the light before. Normally we have a fairly good relationship, although he does have form for ignoring me for days on end after a row. He says its because im a hot head (which i am) but he knows how to do it, how to push me to a point of fury, then sits back and claims its nothing to do with him, and i cant control myself. Thats not the case, i usually can, but like most people, i do have a limit.

Ive got no where to go right now. Me and DD got a lot of stuff, and baby on the way means we are a large group to house, and i no longer speak to my mother (a whole other post)

In fairness i did lose control, but either its over or it isnt, i cant do with the little tricks he's playing, im exhausted enough as it is at the moment.

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AnyFucker · 11/04/2012 15:14

ok, the light thing was another thread

that woman was being emotionally abused by her partner too

any person who uses words like that doesn't deserve to have a family

he is a fuck-up, and he will drag you down too

captainmummy · 11/04/2012 15:16

He calls you what??

This is not a normal, healthy relationship.

abitbuggered · 11/04/2012 15:19

DD is mine from another partner. HE's good with the kids, and has been excited about the baby, my dd doesnt see her dad, so he has been the father figure in her life for a good four years.

Its just like he feels like he needs to make me pay for what i did. I suppose, in fairness, if he had hit me i would have left asap, so im not shocked if he wants me to go, and the fact he pushes it isnt an excuse, but on the same token, im pregnant, in pain, i need some sleep, and i cant sustain him waking me up for much longer.

Hes told me not to cook him dinner tonight, he says he'd rather not have dinner cooked for him by an arse who attacks him in his own home.

I've always thought we had a good relationship, we have our ups and downs like most, but its like an apology isnt enough, its almost like he has to break me over this, and i figure if i cried or something it would sort itself out. Except im not really a crier or an emotional person like that, and i dont want to have to do that to bring this to an end.

Trouble with tenants is they are friends of ours, so i couldnt do it quietly. I dont even know if thats the right thing to do, as the day before we were happy were pretty happy..............

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FamiliesShareGerms · 11/04/2012 15:20

Most people know their partners well enough to know what really winds them up, but in a normal loving relationship you just don't go there. Please talk to some RL friends about this and start working out what you need to do to give you and your children the life you deserve.

captainmummy · 11/04/2012 15:23

How long is he going to keep heaping on the emotional, verbal, agressive abuse?

abitbuggered · 11/04/2012 15:25

Yeah, he will say he retreats from the situation and the constant "oh you're so right" is his attempt to not get drawn in.

However, i have told him on many occasions that it just winds the situation up more, because whatever i am trying to explain or say is met with being ignored or replied to in an infuriating patronising tone. I've said before if he would just answer me, or discuss what we were upset about we would get a lot further, but he pretty much refuses to row, not because he doesnt like rowing, but because it is the best way to get a reaction from me iyswim?

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MissFaversham · 11/04/2012 15:25

OP the man's behavour is absolutely disgusting. All the control traits are there in abundance sweetheart. You really do need to get the hell away.

AnyFucker · 11/04/2012 15:27

it's emotional abuse, love

that's what it is

he pushes your buttons so you lose it, so he can torture you from his dubious moral high ground

stop listening to him, stop reacting to him, don't cook his fucking dinner

start making your plans to get the hell away from him

your children are learning some very damaging lessons here

abitbuggered · 11/04/2012 15:29

But dont you think its partly my fault for lashing out in the first place. I mean, i cant cover over the fact i did hit him, and had he not been holding onto me i may have done it again! Its not something i would usually do, but its like a bloody red mist came down, but it took a while and a fair bit of him being like that before it did. Admittedly, him laughing at me while he did restrain me didnt help matters.........

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AnyFucker · 11/04/2012 15:34

you can keep on trying to finding excuses for his emotional abuse of you love, but it won't wash with me, sorry

MissFaversham · 11/04/2012 15:34

NO IT ISN'T YOUR FAULT! It's another power trick OP. Please sweetheart, you need to get shot of it (and yes I do mean "IT", coz that's no man).

lolaflores · 11/04/2012 15:35

Why do you want to be blamed? So you can sit there and take the abuse cos you deserve it? Please do not do this. It is symptamatic of a not very nice person who does not know how to behave properly. Restrainig a pregnant woman with SPD, not very nice.

AnyFucker · 11/04/2012 15:36

yes, he is certainly a poor and defective specimen of manhood

calling his heavily pg a "mong" and laughing at her distress

that is an insult to the word "man"

CailinDana · 11/04/2012 15:38

OP I don't want to be harsh on you but you were wrong to hit him. No matter how much he provoked you, you should not hit him. If you feel yourself losing control, walk away.

I am surprised at others' reaction to what you did. If a man came on here saying "she provoked me, a red mist came down" I don't think the responses would be so forgiving.

The long and the short of it is, your relationship is not working. You are both lashing out at each other, you physically, he verbally. It's time to end it.

DinahMoHum · 11/04/2012 15:38

yeah you shouldnt have hit him. You should have left instead. Youre playing games with each other and its just not healthy

lolaflores · 11/04/2012 15:39

cailin agree wholeheartedly. There should be some space put between you guys, the blame game is a smoke and mirrors diversion. Get out before it gets too awful

joanna2012 · 11/04/2012 15:41

you are both to blame, its up to you how long you carry on allowing this behaviour, no one else.

ChickensHaveNoLips · 11/04/2012 15:42

Whether you think you are partly to blame or not, surely you don't want to live in such an unhealthy relationship? He is petty, spiteful and unkind. He's also mean with money. I'm not hearing any redeeming features tbh. If he brings out violence in you, and you bring out nasty fuckwit in him, isn't it time to bail?