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Advice about X getting nasty (sorry its long)

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Festivefly · 21/12/2003 14:58

I need some advice about what to do. Three weeks ago i decided i couldn't have contact with my x anymore. Seeing him was tearing me apart. The final straw was when he rang constantly throughout the night to tell me how much he missed me. At first i'd put the phone down and tell him to ring his girlfriend not me. In the end i fell for it and started to listen. He told me what a legend i was, remembered wonderful things we did together. It opened up a healing wound. He said please babe come and see me, you can stay the night, we'll put our kids to bed, and then have a drink and a chat. I told him that i couldn't handle seeing him as a friend, if i got on with him i wouldn't want to leave, and it woild take all my strength to hold myself back from kissing him. To that he said it doesn't matter just come.He told me that he hardly saw his girlfriend it had only been a month it was nothing serious. I couldn't resist it, my heart lifted, and i thought thank god this nightmare is over. I went on the train with my heart beating for joy. I thought finally the man i love has seen sense and gone back to his old self.
I got to his flat there were candles everywhere a hairdryer plugged in, flowers, a make up bag, her post, her art work.......... I felt like vomiting, i screamed what the hell are you trying to do to me, i didn't want to see this. He said what were you expecting to happen, i asked you to come here so you could see where our boys would be sleeping. I started to shake shouted a bit and left. It was the final straw i got on the train home and had a panic attack. Then i went numb. All i could imagine was them together doing what we used to do. A week later i went on anti-depressants. They didn't agree with me so i stopped. He'd done it finally i was going to have my nervous break down.
My family found out about the state of me and took over. I didn't know what i was doing anymore, i'd stopped feeling. They rang him up and said if you want to see the kids you will have to meet them at our house. They changed my telephone no. The immense relief that i gained really brought me back to life. I haven't spoken to him for three weeks. I haven't been called a victim, a whore,lazy.......He would constantly tell me that i loved that he had gone because i could act like a martr and attention seek. I do nothing with my life except watch the kids and i was pathetic for going nowhere, while he is doing a degree.
Anyway he didn't get in touch with my parents so my gorgeous calm kind father rang up and said are you going to see the kids when do you want to, we need to know when to be in because its christmas. He told my dad to go f**k himself. He will not be dictated to by anyone. He will not be seeing them until i stop being stupid and ring him. He said there no way on this earth you are going to call the shots. Nobody has told him when or for how long he can see them. Thats up to him i would never stop him. I just don't want to see him as i nearly lost my mind. He has said that he will ring back, we've all ruined it, hes getting a solicitor, and things are going to change. Im scared, what can he achieve???????
Thankyou to anyone who has managed to read to the end of this without falling asleep sorry its so long, and sorry for repeating some stuff if you know it already. Thanks

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Festivefly · 05/01/2004 22:10

Perhaps its time i got a solicitor then, so so sad that it has come to this

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Lisa78 · 05/01/2004 22:13

WHAT DID YOU SAY WOMAN? You haven't got a solicitor yet? Get one. Fast. IME, this sounds like this man is out for trouble, buckle up and brace yourself for the long haul

Festivefly · 05/01/2004 22:17

Oh shit

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Lisa78 · 05/01/2004 22:25

Yes, he is

Festivefly · 05/01/2004 22:26
Grin
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JanH · 05/01/2004 22:46

FF, he does have your parents' phone no, does he? So he can get in touch that way? And that's how you want it, isn't it, because he's a total twat, as this email shows. Print off the email and get a solicitor tomorrow. (And keep the email on your PC too.) Good luck, darling - you know we're all behind you!

Festivefly · 05/01/2004 22:50

He has my address, my parents no. my email, and a six month history of doing bugger all when he could. Thanks JanH its really good to know

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Lou33 · 05/01/2004 22:54

He sounds like a clown FF. He obviously has plenty of ways of making contact as often as he wants. He is just finding another way to make you feel shite, because he knows you are moving on. Hugs xx

fio2 · 05/01/2004 23:59

god FF have you been in touch with the CSA yet?

Festivefly · 06/01/2004 00:04

At midnight noooo, i'll ring them the morn

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fio2 · 06/01/2004 00:06

do it, then he cant torment you over money ......arse. He sounds like a big kid

Festivefly · 06/01/2004 00:08

Thanks fio, sometimes i think it's just me

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Festivefly · 06/01/2004 00:35

Just wanted to add my horoscope for today as i just read it and think it says it all really, feel quite cheery (it's cancer by the way if anyone else wants it )

That's enough of that little game. The referee has blown the whistle. Goals scored from this point on are not valid. No matter how conclusive or otherwise you feel the result of a recent saga has been, the important thing to be aware of is that, it's all over bar the shouting. There's now a different match to follow or drama to get caught up in. The Moon, growing full in your sign, says, let go, move on. And stop trying to work out where recent events have left you. You'll find out soon enough... and you really won't have reason to feel sorry.

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JanH · 06/01/2004 09:17

Spooky, FF! My ds1 is also Cancer, that fits his situation too (something that happened over the weekend and finished yesterday) and he is quite happy to move on. I don't usually take any notice of daily horoscops but when they're so spot-on it's nice!

Festivefly · 06/01/2004 09:31

He's always spot on with me honestly, or he just has a really positive message, i read it everyday for inspiration; Johnathan Cainer
Hope ds1 is alright Jan

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Twinkie · 06/01/2004 09:45

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Festivefly · 06/01/2004 10:03

Cheers Twinkie, it really helps i think people are going to say ring him up and stop being so stupid. It's really transparent what he is doing, blaming everything on me so he can be the victim and ease his little conscience. If i show him in black and white through a solicitor that he can see his kids, then he can stop blaming me. I DON@T KNOW WHY WE FALL FOR W@NKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But i am definetly not going to be made guilty for this one, i have been working my arse off looking after what he left, so he can sleep with a student, get a grip man

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Twinkie · 06/01/2004 10:29

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Festivefly · 06/01/2004 10:48

Because i can't bear his mother, she treated me like shit, she slags me off to my children. Treated her own son like dirt, in six years she rang our house twice, and that was to ask if i could have her other son while she went on a cruise. No no no, in there eyes i was out for his money and he was to good for me as he is super intelligent.

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Festivefly · 06/01/2004 10:54

Thank god for mumsnet, i'm getting the dates of all the things he has done

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aloha · 06/01/2004 11:00

Yup, you definitely need to see a solicitor (sadly) tell them about the abuse from the start as it will explain to the court (if it ever goes to court) why you felt the need to change your number and ask him to communicate via your parents. You haven't done anything wrong. As I said before, he used to control you with violence and that's what he liked to do. Now he can't do that but is desperate to carry on controlling you. Now you are strong and are refusing to be controlled, he's freaking out. Well let him!

Twinkie · 06/01/2004 11:07

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Lisa78 · 06/01/2004 11:09

go girl!

outofpractice · 06/01/2004 15:30

festivefly, Sorry to read about what is happening. You have to believe that everything really will be OK in the end! My friend had her court hearing last month and her useless x who never pays for anything, and refused to let her son come to my ds's birthday party when he had access, was applying for a residence order. He didn't get it! It is really stressful but if you get a good specialist solicitor in family work, then I am sure things will work out for you. Sometimes it is only years later that you can look back and see how much your x was manipulating you. I find it so sad that so many mumsnetters including me have such rubbish xs and sometimes dhs, because it makes it so hard to want to start a new relationship, but in another way, you should be reassured. Your x's behaviour is so typical of so many men, and the solicitors and courts will have seen it all before, and not be outraged by his silly allegations against you. Totally misplaced, but have you seen the barber recently?

Twinkie · 06/01/2004 16:02

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