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Do you think he will hurt me?

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singlemum2012 · 21/05/2012 21:59

I am newly and unexpectedly single, separated for a while but ex-dh only moved out 6 months ago so I am fairly new to dating. Ex-dh was first boyfriend so not very experienced.

Have started seeing this guy. Sex is fantastic, we began the relationship as a friends with benefits thing as he is a bit younger than me and doesn't want kids, fine with me and scratches an itch till I find someone more suitable for long-term. But this guy is a bit of an oddball and has been doing more and more things and I can't figure out whether he is not safe to be around or just messing with me. I only see him on weekends when I don't have my kids, he has never been to my house and does not even know my address.

A couple of times he has hidden behind the bathroom door so when I come out it makes me jump. Another time I was coming out of the bathroom and he was brandishing a hammer. He said he was putting up pictures, and there were pictures on the floor, but he never got around to it and I didn't see any nails, I just had the feeling he was doing it on purpose to scare me. He has cooked for me twice and both times has loaded the meals with as much fat as he possibly can, food fried in stupid amounts of lard, with gold top milk and cream and alcohol added. He told me one of his girlfriends put on two stone in six months when she lived with him. He's skinny and I noticed he ate less than half of his portion. He makes a big deal over the fact that he likes offal, raw meat and black pudding and is a huge attention seeker, when I am with him he is really wearing, he wants my attention all of the time, even keeping me awake most of the night and not letting me sleep. If it wasn't for the fabulous sex I would have run, would like to stay for this but I can't figure out whether he is a harmless attention-seeker pretending to be a dark and dangerous guy or whether he is actually dangerous. He drinks like a fish as well, has no friends (he says), wears black all the time and has decorated his house with weapons (he has good job and own house). He texts me all the time when I am not with him. I feel I don't have enough experience to evaluate him...my head says run but my heart wants the attention / the intimacy / the great sex.

Your opinions please??

OP posts:
sugarice · 22/05/2012 12:08

Before my sister remarried she went out with a man who still lived with his Mother. When his Mum went away for the weekend she stayed. She knew he wasn't the one for her when he got irritated that she'd used two towels after getting out of the bath Confused. He also folded his socks in a particular way and arranged them in rows of 4 and couldn't understand why she was so "disorganised" and didn't do the same. He was odd.

fridakahlo · 22/05/2012 12:17

Just remember people one (wo)mans trash is another ones treasure, I am sure there is a drama queen just waiting around the corner for Wolef.
Not me though, I wouldn't enjoy being bitten with sharp teeth.

PrincessFiorimonde · 22/05/2012 12:29

Sorry, Roaring Barker made me think of a fairground type

BelieveInPink · 22/05/2012 12:34

Aw, he sounds nice.

thenightsky · 22/05/2012 14:17

Cuddling in your PJs sounds familiar... did you post about him at the time?

BupcakesandCunting · 22/05/2012 14:18

Well done, OP. If you have really dumped the Rare Warlock then good on you. :)

It's National Goth Day today apparently. Does he have any plans? Grin

Hully talking of glass houses, you are right. I went out with a bloke (when I was 15 and into grebo ways) he called himself Wolf Child Hmm He didn't have weapons or anything but he was really into ouija boards and the afterlife and shit. He told me that he had been contacted by the Native American chief Geronimo (I am telling the truth) and he told Wolf Child that he was a descendent of Geronimo.

TBF even as a 15 year old I thought he was a spanner. Got him on Facebook now though and he just looks like a bloke in the pub. Matalan polo shirts/short back and sides/wife called Meeshell who works for Thomas Cook. I feel disappointed :(

JustFab · 22/05/2012 14:37

at being a food snob because he likes offal.

squeakytoy · 22/05/2012 14:49

OP, if all your dates are borderline deranged, alchoholics, or just complete fuckwits, I really think you need to adjust your dating profile, or go to a different dating site, because you seem to attract an awful lot of freaks....

I would be fascinated to know what your profile says that brings all these nutters running to you. Confused

Hullygully · 22/05/2012 15:23

Buppy, there is a man in Real Life who has had surgery to turn him into a tiger after a native americab told him wolfy stuff...

Hullygully · 22/05/2012 15:23

not cab

although that would be even better

LineRunner · 22/05/2012 15:42

What kind of surgeon would do that, Hully? I mean, isn't there a hypocritical oath or something they swear, that they will make shitloads of money but not actually turn vulnerable patients into facsimiles of large mammalian predators?

Hullygully · 22/05/2012 15:44

Not if the cheque is large enough apparently. I saw it via a link on here. I'll try and find it.

Hullygully · 22/05/2012 15:44

Actually I think it was on this very thread..

Hullygully · 22/05/2012 15:45

Maybe not

Hullygully · 22/05/2012 15:46

here

LineRunner · 22/05/2012 15:48

Doctor, doctor, I think I'm a tiger!

Hop onto the table, son, and I'll start glueing the pelt on.

LineRunner · 22/05/2012 15:49

Someone other than Tiger Man needs locking up for that.

Hullygully · 22/05/2012 15:52

I think he's hawt

Nagoo · 22/05/2012 15:55

He's got screw on whiskers. If you are interested, I know spmeone who can fit a set for you.

PaulineCalf · 22/05/2012 15:57

Does he own a dog called Precious?

Poulay · 22/05/2012 16:02

I don't like liver. It tastes offal.

Poulay · 22/05/2012 16:02

Although I can stomach it with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

But not otherwise.

LineRunner · 22/05/2012 16:24

No, Nagoo, I don't think I'd like a set of screw on whiskers fitted, but thank you ever so much for the offer. Perhaps in another life. Do you have many such talented friends?

manicbmc · 22/05/2012 17:25

Yay! National Goth Day! Let's sack Rome! Grin

Good decision, OP. Hope you find a sane one next (with a big knob Wink )

solidgoldbrass · 22/05/2012 17:29

Bupcakes, did he live in Peckham and work as a lighting engineer for a while? Honest to god I haven't been there but a mate of mine has. I always reconed that 'wolf' was an unlikely SPirit Animal for someone in Peckham and used to refer to him as Big Chief Manky Pigeon.