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Am i paranoid? sorry long

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AmIparranoid · 08/06/2013 20:06

Typo in efffing name ugh sorry! CBA to namechange.

Backstory:

Me and DP are young. Getting married in August. Have Ds under 2. Only been together 2 1/2 years.

I have clinical depression and can be no fun to live with at times and have had issues with a v close family member who has had to live with us for a while but moved, things were very stressed, something stressy is always happening in my family unfortunately.

There where times when I very specifically needed my partner that he wasn't there and let me down, he could have been but wasn't so that was a real kicker. If anyone else had of been in those very specific situations their partner would have been there.

Has lied to me about being fine when really had some form of post natal depression for fathers. I knew it. He broke down at work and was off for 2 weeks and saw my councillor in that time (very lovely lady.)

Now:

He has been 'off' for about 3-6months. Less attentive, less affection, hand holding, kissing bye, hugs, other things have dwindled but still happen iykwim.

Less social with friends. They all tell me they can;t be bothered with him as he refuses to go out has no interest in social life or anything. Wants to stay in. Works on his day off doing painting etc with his father who does building work. Usually has 1day a week where we can have family time but is distant then and talking to him is like drawing blood from a stone.

Family and friends all say the same and have noticed this 'offness.'

His job is hospitality so late hours, works holidays, wk ends and split shifts but seems to be getting back later and later on week nights say 11ish when usually back at 9 or 10.

Lets boss walk all over him at work and is actually paid under minimum wage, the place is going under but no one knows yet- I shouldn't even know,- he has no contact been there since very young working way up I guess. That's all I can say on that on public forum.

Has physically hurt me in an argument once. TMI ALERT When we were dtd well about do I was pretty tight and dry and said not to put it in straight away do something else first or it will hurt, he shoved it right in, was sore for days. Said he didn't hear me say no and couldn't feel because of condom. (Claims condoms loose feeling for him since forever.) Was genuinely upset I don't think he was listening and was thinking with his cock, he did stop and pull out but I said he could go in again as may as well know, he doesn't listen at all to anything, claims he doesn't remember being told something when he wasn't actually listening. blah blah blah.

He is just very grumpy and snappy at everything, i would honestly say he is depressed- denies behaviour change and says he is fine and happy and can't see it. He isn't everyone notices. He knows this.

So all this I get paranoid, he had been on phone on internet for weeks, glued, I look on history... Bebo I mean who actually uses that now, was looking at random girls pictures and was on his exes profile at first said it opened itself and typed itself in. Fucking twat.

Denied it and refused to talk about it, went out came back with my expensive flowers and breakfast. Guilty conscience.

I think he was just being nosey but doing it somewhere he wouldn't get found- that's all I was expecting, it's okay to have a nosey, I'm bloody nosey!

Now says he has no clue, genuine etc I either need to believe him as it's very heartfelt, or get proof of something, but I don't have time to wait. And I kinda believe him but logically how did it get there?

I don't have family or support network. (Because they are all twats and good ones are far away.)

And just before we met when bebo was knida still in use he message girls to go on msn and pictures etc and dirty talk and ask for sex and was on a singles site on Bebo. He was very desperate and lost his virginity not long before me, severe peer pressure and only has slept with one person. But she was under fucking age. He was not much older she had slept with plenty of people before him, it was consentual and only a ONS sorta thing. I find this out after falling pregnant with our son. I would never have ever gone out with him knowing that.

Also he never tells me things any more e.g he is working with his Dad Monday, his mum tells me first after everyone knowing first.

I had it out with him and now he is more attentive etc for now.

what do you all think? (Anyfucker your bluntness is alway sspot on.)

So tell me to get a grip. I have nc btw I'm not a troll, can't give much more info as will out myself. His mum is on this.

thank you and sorry

OP posts:
ivegotaniphone · 08/06/2013 20:21

You sound utterly miserable and I would get out now while you still can.

Xales · 08/06/2013 20:25

He has physically hurt you in an argument.

He ignored you telling him you were not ready for sex and forced it in so hard he hurt you for days!

Depression or not these are the acts of a nasty, selfish, aggressive, abusive person.

Put the wedding on hold. You are tied to this person by children so cannot break away totally free. Do not tie yourself to them in ways that will make it even harder to get away if you need to.

Make it clear to him that you are putting the wedding on hold until he sorts himself out, you have counselling and the pair of you either have a better relationship or go your separate ways.

ParsleyTheLioness · 08/06/2013 20:31

Do not marry him. If you do, it will only get worse. Sorry x.

AmIparranoid · 08/06/2013 20:41

Thank you.

Just if you knew him it would be a complete shock, he will clean cook and everything and doesn't really expect anything, or expect me to do anything. When I was very much in the dark days, he did everything. It's so surreal.

I can't help but think if this is my fault, all the stuff that has happened and 'stresses' have actually been my fault and to do with my family.

I will just be another failed young mum, single parent statistic with no money. We don't have money for relate.

I have had counselling and am waiting for it, I'm pretty okay at the moment with occasional blips. It's a long waiting list, about 18 months. (for mine anyway it's more the harder stuff that the local one can't do.)

He could get counselling, but whether he will I don't know. Is there any couple counselling for free? anywhere?

OP posts:
AmIparranoid · 08/06/2013 20:42

I'm just proving everyone who said I would fail, right.

Sorry x

OP posts:
Xales · 08/06/2013 20:58

You are not failing. Failing would be to blunder on blindly, get married and then divorced in a few years if he carries on this way.

To stop it now, reassess and sort out all the issues before making a potentially massive mistake is a lot harder. It shows courage and strength to do the right thing.

Better now while you are young and can rebuild than in 5/10 years when you are a hollow shell.

Keep on with the counselling. Try phoning something like woman's aid and getting another perspective.

ParsleyTheLioness · 08/06/2013 21:02

You might get free counselling from Catholic Marriage Guidance (don't have to be catholic) or a church. From my perspective, don't waste years of your life with someone who do not want to change...I did. I find myself now probably too old to get another relationship. I wish it had ended years ago, when I would have saved myself a lot of heartache, and still had a better chance of meeting someone else.

Earthworms · 08/06/2013 21:02

What xales said.

To walk away, head held high knowing its not you it's him. Not my (or any right thinking persons) definition of failure.

hadtochangenickname · 08/06/2013 21:15

Thank you xales and parsley and worms - it's op btw, the spelling error in the name was peeing me off!-

I already am pretty much a shell, narc abusive parents, need i say more??

I just feel a failure to myself. I gave up my uni place when I was pregnant as could not miss out on my son, and then had a massive breakdown and bad workplace bullying and can't work and i'm not deemed bad enough for esa even though i can't do the weekly shop on my own etc. I already get judged now for being a young mum and it's horrible. No job, no money, a qualification I can't even use due to last job....

Do the Catholic Marriage Guidance people go all christiany on you (sorry if that makes no sense.) and i don't think churches round here offer counselling and if they do I doubt they would to us, we are atheist.

This really sucks. and parsley you are never too old and there are billions of people on this earth, i bet someone would be lucky to have you.

ParsleyTheLioness · 09/06/2013 19:42

I never got any hard sell from the Catholic Peeps...I think it might be called Marriage Care now btw. They will also see you on your own, which helps sort your own thoughts out sometimes.
Re university, I went 10 years after most people. All is not lost. Your are yet young Grin

Earthworms · 09/06/2013 20:36

Oh yes - I went back to uni part time as a mature student. In my late thirties it was .Loads better. I had better skills and motivation. I found it much easier.

waddlecakes · 09/06/2013 23:09

I have to admit that I think you sound sort of mean.

The guy has depression and you know it.

In your OP, as well as having problems with him you say you have problems with a close family member, and later refer to your family and support network as ''twats''.

He doesn't sound like he's done anything wrong other than been depressed and a bit passive (the wages thing).

You even say yourself that there's nothing wrong with being nosy.

Your language when talking to him strikes me as being disproportionately aggressive when taken into consideration alongside what he's actually done ''wrong'', and you say yourself that you have depression.

It's just my take - I think you may be taking some anger out on him, and he sounds like the perfect person to take it. If I were him I'd be feeling extremely down, what with being depressed and then having friends and a partner who don't respect him enough to not bitch about it, and a boss who doesn't respect him either.

It sounds like he's retreating into himself.

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