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So, so angry that he's left me to deal with all the house shit...

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 17:11

So, relationship breaks down after nearly 6 years together last December.

Jointly own the house (but I have a large sum invested that he can't touch) we've lived here for 5 years in April. me and my DC moved 11 miles (sold my house) so that we could have a fresh start, larger house as his DD visited 3 weekends out of 4 at the time and he wanted rooms for his girls. He moved 30 or so miles to live with me. Large mortgage that he is still paying half towards.

He met someone 3 weeks after our split and he moved out of the house last week - he's renting somewhere 40 miles away, close to work. I have a feeling his new victim and child have moved in with him.

He has left a load of stuff here (currently piled up in the garage). I have emailed him asking him if he's coming for it, or not! he hasn't even got the decency to reply.

He left the areas he was living in in a disgusting state. The bathroom hadn't been cleaned, he took his TV off the wall leaving screws and holes. There was stuff everywhere. He just packed up and ran!

I know he has no interest in this house now but it is further proof that he is truly a despicable person. He has no morals. He talks about respect and decency, he has none for me or this house. He has walked away and left me to deal with it all - I am so bloody angry. I honestly thought he was a good, kind, decent man! He isn't!

I'm trying desperately to sell this house. I only moved here because of him. My mum and dad have been so good, they have helped me sort rooms out, redecorate and make it more appealing.

Just needed to vent!

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expatinscotland · 16/02/2014 17:15

Tell him he has X amount of time to clear his stuff out or you will throw it out. Then do it.

scarletforya · 16/02/2014 17:18

Put his stuff on the kerb and tell him in writing hee needs to get it.

tribpot · 16/02/2014 17:21

You really think he met her after your split? Sounds more like he's done a bunk. I would imagine that with little capital invested in the house he took the approach 'your house, your problem'. Not saying that is right but I wouldn't waste a lot of energy on him - you're better off shot of him.

Definitely don't keep his stuff - as expat says, give him a deadline (perhaps by letter since he's not responding to emails) and then chuck it.

ImperialBlether · 16/02/2014 18:34

Send a registered letter to his workplace giving him one week to collect everything. However, it sounds as though he's taken everything he wants to take. What sort of things has he left?

mammadiggingdeep · 16/02/2014 18:36

I'd warn him to come and get it or you'll dispose. Anything worth selling I'd sell to meet cost of making good his damage and mess. Probably wrong but I'd do it....

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 19:22

I think he's met this woman at work so there may have been something going on before, I really don't know and really don't care. He was planning on staying here for the long haul and had set up his 'den' with Sky sports/BT sports - which he did without my knowledge and left me with the bill. It was only the last few weeks that he realised he couldn't stand living here and made moves to leave - thank god.

He took very little with him, which makes me think she has moved in with him and provided him with cutlery, crockery, iron etc. They had been seeing each other 5 weeks at that point! How ridiculous! She has a 4 year old child too.

There is his suit, his girls bedding, clothes, books, an airer, 2 old laptops, an ironing board, girls stuff, a coat, his girls bikes, games, Christmas tree & decorations and loads of other stuff too. I don't think he's coming back for it.

I shall leave it another week with a deadline and then it can all go. I'll keep what I want and dump/charity shop the rest. I need to sort the garage out and go to the tip anyway.

It's how he's left the house that's annoyed me. He wanted it advertised at some ridiculous price and expected to get top dollar for a house that needs loads of little jobs doing. I've dropped it by £15k since he left and still had no viewings! It's all about him and getting as much money as he can.

He is fool. He'll never own his own home again.

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ImperialBlether · 16/02/2014 19:27

OP, did you take photos of how he left it?

I would say that he's known her a lot longer than that. Only a lunatic would move someone in with her child after a couple of weeks.

What will you do with his girls' things? I wouldn't chuck them without speaking to them first, but the rest could go immediately.

Emz8369 · 16/02/2014 19:30

are you in touch with his daughters mum so the girls can at least have there stuff back?

hamptoncourt · 16/02/2014 19:33

Louby why do you think they have only known each other 5 weeks? Do you not suspect it may have been an awful lot longer?

I would definitely sell his stuff if he doesn't get it, to recoup some of your losses.

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 19:43

He put on Facebook on the 4th Jan that he was going on a date. And from then on he was different. He flung it in my face at one point that he had met 'someone that appreciated him'

I know lots of you MN say that people have affairs even at work and I understand that, but my exH had an affair and I know the signs. My exP went to work and came home at the usual times. He has no friends where we live (infact he has few friends at all, which has made me think) and he only ever went out with me, never on his own. He was here all weekend. We were having regular sex and our relationship was okish. We had a holiday booked with another family for this summer. He wasn't always on his phone etc etc.

I suspect it's someone from work that he's been friends with a while. I've realised that he has a pattern with women and he can't be on his own. He needs a woman in his life. That's why he was so full on with me at the start of our relationship - he had nothing in his life, his girls, but few friends.

There is nothing worth selling, it's all junk. I'm just angry I invested 6 years of my life with an utter dick!

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Logg1e · 16/02/2014 19:47

So you think it's more likely they got together three weeks after you split up and moved in five weeks later? Does that sound reasonable? Do you think a woman would move her child in with a man she'd been seeing for five weeks?

zipzap · 16/02/2014 19:50

Do you know the number for his dd's mum so you could give her the option of picking stuff up for his dd's?

Doesn't sound like he is that bothered by them but it seems a shame to make them suffer because of their father.

Can you deduct the money for the sky set up from his share of the house if he set it up without your knowledge and has left you paying for it!

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 20:10

No I don't suppose it does sound reasonable does it.

Initially he gave me a 5 page spreadsheet of the stuff he wanted out of the house (before he met this woman). He wanted loads of furniture and stuff and it was getting quite nasty talking about the division of stuff, but then he decided to move out and it all changed, he wanted very little.

I don't know 100% that she has moved in with him, I'm only guessing but why not take half the crockery/towels/ bedding/spare ironing board etc - so I think its probably true.

I wouldn't put it past him to move her in quickly - it's how he is! He hates being on his own. His girls have their own lives now - they are 16 & 14 so time with dad doesn't appeal much anymore. He'd be a lonely old man with no woman by his side.

I'm just glad his victim has a little girl, not a boy, as I think he has a problem with boys.

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Logg1e · 16/02/2014 20:22

What??

superstarheartbreaker · 16/02/2014 20:27

It doesn't really matter how long he's been with her. What does matter is that he's an idiot and your best of without. Put his stuff in bin bags!

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 20:32

He was horrible to my 2 DS, really unkind and it got progressively worse as time went on.

I think it's an alpha male thing. My DS14 refused to 'respect' him. As he got older he's rebelled more and more against my exP rules.

My exP thinks that all children should respect adults automatically. He doesn't see that respect needs to be earned.

A 4 year old little girl will do as she's told won't she, unlike my 2DS!

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ImperialBlether · 16/02/2014 20:34

Frankly, you should have got rid much earlier, then. Your children must be delighted he's gone.

oldgrandmama · 16/02/2014 20:40

Chuck his stuff out - tell him where it is if he wants to collect it, otherwise ... gone! His daughters' things - would be best to see if you can return it to them, maybe via his parents or ex?

He sounds awful and yes, I agree with other posters, I bet the OW was around WELL before he said she was. You're well rid. Onwards and upwards! But I hope you've got legal advice about the house, seeing as you have a lot of equity in it. Especially, whe it comes to him getting his 'share', you make sure the money he owes is deducted form that?

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 20:43

I should. But I was hoping things would change.

My boys are hardwork and I freely admit that! But he never gelled with them, he half-heartedly tried but it wasn't enough.

He has major issues from previous relationships that have never really been addressed.

I'm well rid of him! Just need to get rid of his stuff now!

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 20:49

All sorted via a solicitor. He's had some money upfront and I'm giving him another small sum once we sell as long as he keeps up his payments towards the mortgage.

I will be out of pocket slightly but this has allowed me to take control of the sale of the house.

I will never be financially linked to a man again!

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ImperialBlether · 16/02/2014 20:54

You might find your sons' behaviour is better if they're not living with a man who doesn't get on with them.

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louby44 · 16/02/2014 21:13

They are happier. They actually sit with me in the living room, whereas DS14 was often holed up in his room before the idiot left.

They still bicker but their behaviour is better

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EverythingCounts · 16/02/2014 21:30

You will look back on this as a blessing in disguise. Glad your sons are now feeling the benefit of him being gone. I just feel sorry for the daughter of the woman he's now shacking up with.

I would ebay the stuff he has left behind (with maybe the exception of the girls' stuff if you can get it back to them - can you text one of them if they're teenagers?) and use whatever you get to make up some of the amount you're out of pocket. Don't bother mentioning it again, he hasn't replied before. If he asks I'd say it has just all vanished from the garage probably burglars...

MakeMeJumpIntoTheAir · 17/02/2014 06:15

Louby, your situation is very similar to mine. I almost could have written your post. Will come back to this later when I have more time.

Bedtime1 · 17/02/2014 06:29

If he can't be bothered to answer his phone then I think you should sell them or take them to the charity shop. You can have the space back the. For your things.

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