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Feeling smothered

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Beautifulmonster · 26/07/2014 17:16

Been seeing a guy for a year. What do you think of the following:

  • about 20 texts a day, more if I don't reply, even more if we have had a falling out
  • at least 3 phone calls a day (I hate talking on the phone) sometimes at inconvenient times eg when I am at work and he knows I can't talk
  • pretending to be cool about me going out (I rarely go out) but when I do making me feel guilty by saying, I wish you had told me before and asking the same questions over and over eg about who is going as if to catch me out
  • when I had builders in my home, kept turning up unexpectedly at odd times as if to check up on me
  • ringing me all day long about what time the builders were finishing and what time they left and did they phone and who phoned etc
  • turned up outside my home at 9am one Sunday after a rare Saturday night to myself (he lives 30 miles away) accusing me of having a man in the house as my friend's car was on the drive and she had got a taxi home. He had driven to my home to check up on me
  • asking over and over about drinks in my fridge and saying the lager was a man's drink, who was it for etc
  • offering to do things to help me out but putting himself out so much it embarrasses me and then throwing at me in an argument that he feels used

It is as if he doesn't have enough in his life. He keeps texting saying he is bored. It puts pressure on me.
I have tried to end it several times but he says he will fight for me. I know I have got to say a definitive no and stick to it. Can you understand why I am feeling smothered?
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JohnFarleysRuskin · 26/07/2014 19:11

I would dump him, then take a holiday.

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LumpySpacedPrincess · 26/07/2014 19:13

Dear H. I have decided to end our relationship due to your obsessive and controlling behaviour. Yours, Beautifulmonster.

Then if he comes round you do not open the door. If he keeps hassling you then you call the police. This is your life, not his, own it.

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Beautifulmonster · 26/07/2014 19:15

Thanks everybody, you are giving me the strength to do what I need to do.

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LumpySpacedPrincess · 26/07/2014 19:19

The alternative to not ending it is to waste more time on this abusive asshole. What is his relationship history like? Let me hazard a guess, all his ex girlfriends are jealous psychos.

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AdoraBell · 26/07/2014 19:21

Can you get a friend to stay for a day or two after you dump him? Not that you should have to, but it might give you the extra ounce of strength to deter him when he turns up.

Have you told any friends about the issues? I would.

And remember, do not let him in or meet with him to talk.

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Muuuumimbored · 26/07/2014 19:22

I really wish i hadnt wasted the last 5yrs on my ex( i have a thread in relati

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Beautifulmonster · 26/07/2014 19:22

One marriage, one long relationship ended suddenly. Apparently the ex-wife threw a party on divorce.

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StandsOnGoldenSands · 26/07/2014 19:22

Yes, vitally important points there: tell people who you're close to, and don't let him into your house under any circumstances.

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Beautifulmonster · 26/07/2014 19:24

I will not end things tonight as I feel a bit vulnerable on my own here but will do in morning and just stick it out. You have strengthened my resolve.

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Beautifulmonster · 26/07/2014 19:24

I will look at your thread Muuuum

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Muuuumimbored · 26/07/2014 19:26

Try again... I have a thread in relationships running..

Im at a point now where im not me anymore, i look at old pictures before i got with my ex and im sparkling i look happy you can see it in my eyes. Photos since im smiling but not from inside iyswim.

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SinglePringle · 26/07/2014 19:30

I have never said this on here before but LTB.

Change your locks, tell your friends, block his number, give 101 a call to ask their advice and run for the hills. He is at best a jealous obsessive. At worst, a very dangerous man.

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FunkyBoldRibena · 26/07/2014 19:31

Dear H. I have decided to end our relationship due to your obsessive and controlling behaviour. Yours, Beautifulmonster.

Then if he comes round you do not open the door. If he keeps hassling you then you call the police. This is your life, not his, own it.

This. Do not hesitate or deviate but in this case; repetition is definitely allowed! And if he is hassling you tonight, do not respond or let him in.

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LumpySpacedPrincess · 26/07/2014 19:31

When are you due to see him again?

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EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 26/07/2014 19:34

DTMFA. He sounds awful. I see you've ended it before and been coerced into taking him back. You don't owe him a relationship Flowers

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GirlWithTheLionHeart · 26/07/2014 19:35

Do you really have to ask? He sounds insufferable

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GirlWithTheLionHeart · 26/07/2014 19:36

I would print out your points and give him that if he asks why you're ending it

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YellowStripe · 26/07/2014 19:39

I went out with a man like this Hmm When I dumped him by text he cycled nearly 30 miles to my house, banged on the door, shouted from the garden etc, sent threatening texts to me and nasty messages to my male FB friends. Do not hesitate to call 101 and report him for harrassment at the very least if he reacts badly.

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pictish · 26/07/2014 19:45

Ack...I'm feeling claustrophobic just reading that!


He wants to consume you down to your very soul, which he will then finish off with fava beans and a nice chianti.

The hills are yonder >>>>

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hamptoncourt · 26/07/2014 19:45

Oh dear, I agree with PP that this sounds very worrying. The longer you leave it the worse he will be and the harder it will be to extricate yourself.

If he does come over don't even answer the door to him, you don't owe him anything, keep repeating that to yourself.

Agree also that if he plays up don't hesitate to call police. I wouldn't be surprised if he has form for this type of behaviour.

I had an ex who wouldn't take no for an answer and it turned out his ex, who he made out was still really into him, had a restraining order on him Grin.

Stay safe OP. Let us know how it goes. You may need to block his number too so look into that. Good luck.

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pictish · 26/07/2014 19:47

'please just see me. I need to know why etc.'

"because I appear to be dating a plaster cast...and I'm cutting you off"

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Beautifulmonster · 26/07/2014 19:48

I have managed to put him off this evening although he is not happy. I didn't want to see him today but he turned up. I have arranged to see him tomorrow but I don't want to. I know the end will be dramatic. I tried last weekend but caved in.

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hamptoncourt · 26/07/2014 19:52

You don't have to do it face to face. Just call him and tell him over the phone. He sounds a bit scary.

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Cantbelievethisishappening · 26/07/2014 19:53

End it end it and then end it. Surprised that you needed to come on here to ask for an opinion of that list of behaviours.

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LumpySpacedPrincess · 26/07/2014 19:55

You don't have to do it face to face sweetheart.

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