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Upsetting behaviour

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Alteredlabel · 26/08/2014 11:43

Been with bf 2.5 yrs, have a baby together. Went to the Edinburgh fringe for the weekend just the two of us. We have both been to the city once before separately, so not very familiar with the city. We were having fun, drinking and catching shows etc. I wanted some food from one of the food stands, we were waiting but other people were getting served before us (there was a poorly communicated queuing system that the staff were sticking to but customers were unaware of) my bf got pissed off (he hates queuing and has a short fuse in such situations) and walked off. I knew that he had had enough and would not want to return to this queue. I was really hungry and really wanted the food so stayed where I was, in the queue.

I heard him shout me a few times but I knew he would be wanting to go elsewhere and I wanted this food that I had already been waiting for, so I didn't turn around. After I got the food and moved away from the stall, my bf was nowhere to be seen.

I sat and ate the food, no sign of bf. I waited there for 45 mins. He didn't have his phone with him (he had my mobile number written down in his pocket) and my phone was very low on battery power. He didn't contact me, or come back.

It began raining. He had my waterproof with him when he disappeared. Eventually my phone died and I decided to go back to the hotel to recharge it and get my umbrella.

I felt really upset that he had basically abandoned me in an unfamiliar city and not returned or contacted me.

A couple of minutes after I got back to the hotel, he got back. He claimed that he hadn't gone off in a strop/anger, he had just gone to get some cash. I pointed out that if that was the case he could have told me, returned to the same spot or tried to call me. Eventually he apologised and we headed out again.

Later on when we got back to the hotel, we had sex, he was quite rough and seemed a bit angry. He didn't climax and said "you will have to suck me off" which I was a bit taken aback by. I didn't want to go down on him until he had had a wash but he kept asking me to. Eventually he had a wash and I gave him a blow job. He kept trying to feel my bottom and vagina, I asked him not to because I didn't want him to. He kept ignoring me and putting his hands down there which irritated and upset me.

When I started giving him the blow job he asked me to take it deep. I said it would make me gag, to which he replied "you will have to gag then". I ignored this and laughed it off as I was a bit drunk. He put his hand on the back of my head and was quite forceful, it made me gag a few times and I pulled my head away. He said "come on!" And when I gagged again he called me "pathetic" I am really upset and angry with him and feel like he treated me really badly. He has apologised because he knows he's upset me but the next day I was too upset to talk about it in detail and I'm not sure he remembers.

I don't know what to do now. This was very out of character for him. He has been very respectful in the past. I have post natal depression and can't think straight. I don't know if this was just a horrible one off incident that we could somehow get past or if it shows that underneath his loveliness he is really a nasty person?

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BuzzardBird · 26/08/2014 12:37

You know that part where you were ignoring him when you were stood in the queue and he was shouting you? You knew then.

RedRoom · 26/08/2014 12:40

Forcing your head with the back of his hand and saying 'you will have to gag' is alarming, as is him saying 'come on' and calling you pathetic. That is power play and is meant to demean you and cooerce you I to something you are unhappy with. Horrible behaviour. I think his behaviour towards you at the food stand was all about punishing you and trying to make you feel slightly afraid, just because he didn't get his own way. A decent guy wouldn't have left you, or at the very least would be trying to make it up to you, not trying to make you have quite unpleasant, rough sex.

Jackie0 · 26/08/2014 12:40

Could be worse, could be his house.
Have you got any support nearby?

Squidstirfry · 26/08/2014 12:46

Get him out of your house.

GarlicAugustus · 26/08/2014 12:46

Extremely perceptive, Buzzard. He was calling you to heel, wasn't he, Altered? You understood that and, reasonably, chose not to go woofing after him. Then he ignored you until you returned, which is also like dog training. Later, he punished you by showing you that your body's his property.

I am very sorry :(

Alteredlabel · 26/08/2014 12:53

I don't have any support nearby

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Alteredlabel · 26/08/2014 12:56

He's going to be back in an hr. What do I do? What do I say? Do I flat out end it or ask him to move out for a bit while I think things through?

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AnyFucker · 26/08/2014 12:57

Make sure, first and foremost, that you are safe.

Alteredlabel · 26/08/2014 12:57

I know the answer there's just a big part of me that doesn't want it to be over. I still want it to be salvaged somehow Sad

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SweetErmengarde · 26/08/2014 12:59

I'm sorry this has happened, OP.

Your situation is a lot simpler than it could be though: the house is yours, you are not married.

Ask him to leave with his essentials NOW, this minute, and insist on contact by email only, and only to do with your DC.

His behaviour has been repugnant to the last degree; how can you bear to share the same air as him now?

Alteredlabel · 26/08/2014 13:00

I can't, I don't even want to look at him Sad

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AnyFucker · 26/08/2014 13:02

Ask him to leave your house. He has forfeited any right to share it with you because of his entitled behaviour.

KouignAmann · 26/08/2014 13:03

The second sounds good. If he is truly repentant and apologises and wants to make it work he will move out to give you thinking space. If he kicks off and makes a fuss you will know what to do.
Sorry you had to find out this side of him. But once you know you can't ignore it.

BuzzardBird · 26/08/2014 13:03

It would be lovely if we could just pretend we didn't see a massive red flag, your OP suggests you have been ignoring them for a while. He can't be someone he isn't. Do what is best for you and your child.

CogitoErgoSometimes · 26/08/2014 13:08

I think asking him to leave while you think is the best way to put it. Says that you are taking what happened very seriously and gets him out of your hair so that you can breathe a little, gather your strength, take advice and consider your options. If he is really sorry for what happened, he should go quietly.

Theonlyoneiknow · 26/08/2014 13:09

Make sure you can be safe when you ask him to leave

Vivacia · 26/08/2014 13:17

OP tell him to leave and stay away. That is all. How long for is something you can decide later.

I'd also consider contacting a rape crisis support. I agree with those saying his actions were to humiliate you, hurt you and regain control over you.

Guiltypleasures001 · 26/08/2014 15:48

Hi op

I apologise firstly because I wanted too post as soon as saw your thread but didn't want to wade in half cocked.

I wanted to say originally that I thought his behaviour was bordering on sexual abuse, but that bordering was being fluffy about it, for me that sounded like abuse, the words he used were degrading and not used in the spirit of consenting adults at all, he knew your discomfort but still insisted by holding your head.

The words he did use smacks of too much porn usage, and the fact he hates queuing or waiting of any kind means he wouldn't pass the waitress test.

At best he sounds unpleasant and a game player, leaving you to be lost in a big city, and I suspect he was watching you from afar by how soon he turned up at the hotel.

At worst he's a shit that doesn't care and needs to be given a huge swerve.

Waltermittythesequel · 26/08/2014 16:17

Word it however you want, but get him out. Now. Today.

He will manipulate you into accepting this and worse if he stays under the same roof as you.

I'm so sorry.

Lweji · 26/08/2014 16:23

Word it however you want, but get him out. Now. Today.

This

rainbowinmyroom · 26/08/2014 16:29

Get him out and tell him you need time to think. His behaviour is rape. He is an abuser and has probably been using Internet porn. A short-fuse is an excuse. Adults are in control of their behaviour.

Perplexedaschips · 26/08/2014 22:58

How are things OP... Are you still at the hotel? Are you OK?

Sending good wishes

wendle70 · 26/08/2014 23:07

Hope you are ok OP. I just wanted to say he sounds awful and you are well rid. I once had a bf who sounded similar re the queuing/leaving stranded. He got more and more aggro and horrid. One day i realised I would never want him as a father to my kids and ended it. Never looked back. He was easily the worst bf i ever had. All other bfs and current dad to my DS wonderful in comparison. I guess you could think perhaps your OH was really drunk if it was a one off but i agree the short fuse comment makes me think that 's not the case and it will get worse..best advice would be to leave or at least see a counsellor?

ilovelamp82 · 26/08/2014 23:07

Are you ok OP?

Perplexedaschips · 26/08/2014 23:28

Sorry , realise you must be back home now.

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