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Am i strong enough to do this...?

60 replies

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:33

My sister told me to come on here, and after reading lots of the links and joining i think she is right.

In summary, my husband and I have been married for 12 years , together for 15. Last Friday I found out he was having an affair.

I have stayed very calm at home because of the two children, and because i need to decide what to do.

He has been acting odly recently, i am not good enough for him, all i do i talk about the children and never have enough time for him. He doesnt seem to want to understand that things change when you have kids?

I found out he was talking to people on the internet. We talkabout this, dealt with it.

He hit me, in front of the kids over an argument. We went to counselling, sort of got back on track.

Then i find other phones, new sims, odd behaviour, he joined 3 dating agencies.

Then the booking the hotel etc with this woman. Last night he went out with her to the cinema and for a meal. He totally rubbing it in my face. He clearly has no intention of ending it and doesnt care that he hurts me.

He comes home from work today, and says, do you want a cuddle, i said er no. I still you you you know, er no you dont i said. Yes i do he says. I leave it at that.

In the last few years (and I apologise if two special people are reading this because it will hurt them.) He has punched me hard in the head and burst my ear drum. Hit my whilst pregnant, i should have left then. Called me all sorts of abusive names.

He tells me I am niave, this is normal, if you want a divorce i will be the biggest cunt ever, i chose the wrong sister, the list goes on.

He now says, he wants me to keep on as normal, with him in the house , with him seeing her, for the sake of the kids.

But the kids are my main priority, i dont want this to go on anymore, i want to be independent of him. But how can i do that without huirting them? They are going to be so very upset because they do love him. Am i being selfish?

Any advice much needed....

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purplewithred · 21/06/2012 20:36

run run fast as you can. do you think it's good for your kids to think his behaviour is how dads and husbands should behave?

And when you do split up it is because of his behaviour and his refusal to change. So he is the one hurting them.

Go go go.

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:37

you are soooooo right thank you.

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pictish · 21/06/2012 20:39

Dear God he really is a piece of work isn't he?

I am so sorry for you OP, to be embroiled with such a horrible man. You must extricate yourself from the relationship without delay.

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:41

i think either he is very clever or i am very stupid at not waking up sooner? I wonder now too what else he has been up to?

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Xales · 21/06/2012 20:43

Get out now.

He is teaching your daughters that their relationships should be accepting violence, cheating and being treated like crap from men.

He is teaching your sons they can treat women like this because they are unimportant.

You and your children will have better lives without this role model.

Xales · 21/06/2012 20:44

Oh and please get an STI check. You have no idea what he has done or with who.

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:45

oh god, i had not thought of that.

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AnyFucker · 21/06/2012 20:49

please leave this domestic abuser

and yes, get yourself down the clap clinic

he has no thought for your emotional or physical health, so I can't imagine he has considered your sexual health, nor his own

I am really, really sorry, buut he has left you no choice but to protect yourself and your children

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:51

another thing, not that i need to add to the list. he really had a go at my weight (i was a size 20) but he is much more overweight than i was. WE joined this gym 5 months ago, i have worked, and still working hard, lost 2 and a half stone so far. Feeling good, well better, had lots of compliments which has been lovely. He on the other hand has put ON weight. Last week he started going to the gym practically everyday, i should have seen it coming shouldnt i?

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AnyFucker · 21/06/2012 20:51

if you are stooping to thinking "but he's a good dad" (masny abused women do, it's all they can dredge up in favour of the complete tool they live with)

then, you are wrong

good fathers don't abuse the mother of their children, especially in front of them

skyebluesapphire · 21/06/2012 20:52

Now is the time to be strong and walk away from him. He is not a nice man. You and the kids will be better off without him. Get advice from CAB and women's Aid ASAP.

He is violent and taking you for a fool. Show him that you are better than him and kick him out.

Bongobaby · 21/06/2012 20:52

He is not a nice a person, you and the dc deserve better. you have done well to of put up with it for so long. you do know that it is not the normal way to behave from him. he,s a charmer (not). let the ow be most welcome to him. I,m so sorry that you are going through this x

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:52

please dont shout me down, but is it really domestic abuse? he says it was just a slap, i thought it was a punch tho i was reeling from it so maybe i was wrong. but we are not talking beatings or anything here..

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AnyFucker · 21/06/2012 20:53

who would see it coming, when you are living in the middle of it ?

only outtsiders can see with a clear eye

don't blame yourself, it will keep you there

resolve to leave, and blame him for his dysfunction and abuse of the person he purports to love

AnyFucker · 21/06/2012 20:54

nobody is shouting you down

"just a slap" is domestic abuse

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:55

oh no i meant for saying is it really domestic abuse? there is such a fine line isnt there?

but deep down i know you are right.

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Xales · 21/06/2012 20:55

If anyone said to you He has punched me hard in the head and burst my ear drum. what would you say to them?

That is without everything else this man has done.

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 20:57

when i sit here reading it, it is hard to beleive that is me! :(

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Midwife99 · 21/06/2012 20:57

Bloody hell love a slap or a punch is still violence. In front of the kids????? Please get him out or get yourself out. Apart from the affair that is enough!

Anniegetyourgun · 21/06/2012 20:59

Even leaving out the name calling and blatantly dating other women, you think it would be selfish to leave a man who burst your eardrum? Who hit you whilst pregnant? Good lord, woman, what kind of worthless creature do you believe yourself to be who ought to just accept being knocked about? Imagine you had a very best friend who told you her OH treated her like this. Would you be telling her she should expect no better and just keep her head down until the youngest child was 18? Hoping he didn't end up doing her a permanent injury in the meanwhile? I don't think you would, frankly (at least I hope you wouldn't!).

Be your own best friend and tell yourself this is NOT the way anyone should be treated.

HollyGoSpritely · 21/06/2012 21:00

I'm so sorry you're going through this.

He sounds like an utter twat. You absolutely do not need to put up with this.

Change the locks and then take him to the cleaners.

ihatedarrell · 21/06/2012 21:01

god, i didnt think i thought of myself in that way, i guess i must do. i need to i just need to know how to go about getting him out!

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IvanaNap · 21/06/2012 21:02

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HollyGoSpritely · 21/06/2012 21:05

Seriously, next time he goes out call in a locksmith.

Then if you start to feel a pang of guilt, pack him a bag with some pants and a toothbrush and sling it outside for him.

porridgelover · 21/06/2012 21:10

It's normal not to see 'domestic violence' as being a tag that applies to you. 2 years after getting rid of my STBXH I still find it hard to accept the tag...but its the truth.
Your children are not immune to being damaged if things continue as they are- they will be hurt but many children are hurt by things every day- natural bereavements, accidents etc. You will be doing them a far bigger favour by getting rid of this abusive, gutless, power hungry man. You are perfectly entitled to stand up for yourself; you have an obligation to stand up for them so that they never see this as normal.

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